Jayashree Nandi | TNN | NEW DELHI: A day after the environment ministry released a "Safety assessment report of the sub-committee on GM mustard" which concluded that the transgenic crop has cleared all safety tests and is safe for human consumption, a Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) member and noted molecular biologist, Pushpa M Bhargava said the report wasn't shared or discussed with GEAC members before MoEF released it on their website.
"I am a member of GEAC and the norm is to first discuss the findings with GEAC members. That was not done. The GEAC appointed the sub-committee to draft the report so the report should have come to us first. Also, this is not the biosafety study, it is only an assessment of the main study. This information is scanty. I think the ministry is superseding the system," he told TOI. GEAC is the apex body on GM crops.