HC Deb 19 November 2003 vol 413 c1102W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research(a) has been undertaken and (b) is planned by the Government into the effects of consuming GM crops on human gut flora. [138805]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Food Standards Agency has not undertaken, and is not planning, any research into the effects of consuming genetically modified crops on human gut flora. The Government's Science Review on genetic modification has concluded that there is no evidence that transgenic DNA per se behaves differently from any other DNA with respect to its fate following consumption in food.