A memorandum which has been published in 2006 by a commission on green biotechnology of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities comes to a very similar result. It points out that GMO food underlies strict legal regulations and that it is being tested more comprehensively than conventional food. Because of these tests the risk of GMO food causing allergies could be regarded as even lower than that of conventional products (p. 3).

Over time, various expert reports at the EU level found genetically modified food to be generally safe. A report from 2010 which sums up the findings of EU funded research projects in this field comes to the following conclusion: “The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research, and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than e.g. conventional plant breeding technologies.”

Apart from the committees cited here, several scientific professional associations such as the Royal Society, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science or the World Health Organization, confirm that there is no reason for treating genetically modified food, whose safety has been established by common risk assessment procedures, with more suspicion than conventionally produced food items.

However, there are also voices who object to this apparent scientific consensus. For instance, until the end of October 2013 almost 300 scientists, who are concerned with the study of scientific, legal and social aspects of GMOs use, subscribed to a statement of the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) whose central thesis is that in spite of the quoted expert opinions  there is no scientific consensus on the safety of GMOs.