The EU is Not Removing GMO Safety Checks

On April 29th, Friends of the Earth Europe posted a press release to their website titled, “EU Commission backs removing safety checks for new GMOs.” The release claimed that a new study by the EU Commission had resulted in the start of the process of breaking with decades of safety checks upon genetically modified crops. It also stated that GMO content would not be labelled on shelved food products. 

A range of other sources then republished these claims. The story has also spread through social media posts.