Article: Stores in GM food probe on tortilla chips

INVESTIGATIONS were under way today at four supermarkets after tests commissioned by Friends of the Earth detected banned genetically modified maize in own-brand tortilla chips.

The pressure group took 20 foods from British supermarket shelves and sent them to a laboratory in Germany to be analysed for types of GM maize which cannot legally be sold in Europe.

The tests found GA21 maize, manufactured by the biotechnology giant Monsanto, in three products including Safeway's and Asda's own- brand tortilla chips, said Friends of the Earth.

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