Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled 'genetically engineered', the public will shy away and won't take them.

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does.

Genetically modified foods are good.

For consumers, the lesson is simple: Genetically modified foods are safe to eat.

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.