GM potato cleared for EU farming

　　

　　

　　The Amflora potato has not been cleared for human consumption

　　The European Commission has cleared the way for a genetically modified potato to be grown in the EU - only the second GM product it has allowed.

　　The Amflora potato can be utilised for animal feed and industrial uses - such as its starch being used to make paper - but not for human consumption.

　　Environmental groups have strongly opposed the introduction of GM crops.

　　But the Commission insisted its decision was based on "a considerable volume of sound science".