The European Food Safety Authority`s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms published a statement confirming the safety of MON 863 maize of Monsanto. Statistically significant detrimental effects, which had been observed in rat feeding experiments were dismissed as "within normal biological variation" or "spontaneous" and "incidental".</p><p><a href="http://www.efsa.eu.int/press_room/press_release/669_en.html">EFSA press release</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/printNewsBis.asp?id=55784">Food navigator: EFSA clears Monsanto corn, again</a>