What The Papers Say: No allies for champions of modified foods

Genetically-modified (GM) seeds and food continued to receive attention this week. Raisio, the Finnish supplier of Benecol, the margarine that reduces cholesterol, can go straight to a European launch because it doesn’t need EU approval. EU-imposed tests must be conducted on Monsanto’s GM seeds, however, and green groups opposed both seeds and allegedly dangerous environmental tests of seeds.