Brussels, 19 July. EU agriculture ministers will vote today on anapplication by the US company Monsanto to allow the import into the EU of a genetically modified (GM) maize called NK603. This will be the seventh attempt by the European Commission to win support from the member states for a GM product - the previous 6 attempts have all failed.The maize, which has been engineered to resist Monsanto`s own herbicide (called RoundUp), has already been given the green light by the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). However, the Commission has so far failed to gain enough support from member states for the approval of the controversial corn. Only last month the Commission failed to get the qualified majority it needed for the NK603 to be used as animal feed. Today`s vote will be for its use as a human food.