The EUs standing Committee on genetically modified organisms today failed to agree on the approval of a new GM maize variety by Monsanto. The variety contains a Bt strain to kill a root worm. There had been serious questions about the food safety after rats fed with Mon 863 showed significant health impacts. A similar approval of Mon 863 in New Zealand is strongly contested there.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6281996">Reuters: EU fails to agree</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/europe_halts_controversial_20092004.html">Friends of the Earth: Europe halts controversial GM maize</a></p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6266023">Reuters: EU readies for another clash over GM</a></p><p><a href="http://www.saveourseeds.org/downloads/fact_sheet_mon_863.htm">Fact sheet and documents on Mon 863</a></p><p><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0409/S00056.htm">New Zealand: Demand to recall Mon 863</a>