And he criticised the EU's stalled GM approval process, which it says has damaged the biotech industry in the United States, the world's largest grower of GM crops. The commission already has approved rules that would require companies to label foods when genetically modified ingredients make up more than 1 percent of the total. He said that in order for biotechnology and genetically modified products to prosper, consumers need to given a free choice and complete information. The United States has opposed labeling, insisting that genetically modified crops are essentially the same as conventionally bred varieties and pose no threat to humans or the environment. Among major American exports that have been genetically modified are corn and soybeans.
Genetic engineering involves splicing a single gene from one organism to another.
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