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 The storm about conflicts of interest in the European Food Safety Authority continues,  caused by the revolving doors with Syngenta, Monsanto, ILSI and Danone:

See my blog from 5th March http://info.babymilkaction.org/EFSAMarch2012

The European Parliament has failed to approve EFSA's budget, because of conflicts of interest:

http://www.corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2012/european-parliament-postpones-efsa-budget-approval-over-conflicts-interest

The chair of EFSA's management board moved straight to the International Life Sciences Institute, ILSI, the food and drinks industry lobby group:

http://www.corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2012/efsa-chair-moves-food-industry-lobby-group

In April, EFSA  did not act on the revolving doors scandal when the head of EFSA's GMO unit moved straight to the biotechnology corporation Syngenta with no two-year "cooling off" period.

EFSA's managment board is politically appointed by the Commission and Council. for more see my blog: http://info.babymilkaction.org/EFSAMarch2012

and the Corporate Europe reports.

http://www.corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2010/efsas-revolving-doors-complaint-filed