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SIR – When genetically modified food was first marketed (Comment, June 19), it was tomato purée that was clearly labelled.

Many factors are at work -- a mysterious science that occurs at the submicroscopic level, jingoism about food, scare campaigns by environmentalists, arrogant American responses and one bit of bad timing, the fact that freighters loaded with the 1996 American soybean crop sailed just as British mad cow disease, totally unrelated to genetically modified food, was terrifying Europe.

The labeling of genetically modified food was among the pledges Barack Obama made during his first run for president.

Only 1percentt of the world's genetically modified food is grown in Europe.

Genetically modified food is a contentious topic in Africa right now.

In Europe, the debate over genetically modified food is as much about passion as it is about science.

But it is in Europe that resistance to genetically modified food is stifling innovation.

There are already national review bodies to ensure that genetically modified food is safe before it comes to market.

But intent on his mission, Mr. Kress shrugged off signs that national campaigns against genetically modified food were gaining traction.

That is unlikely until the European ban on genetically modified food is lifted and the issue of labeling is confronted head on.

Adrian Bebb, a campaigner at Friends of the Earth in Britain, said he believed that this was the first instance of unauthorized genetically modified food being found in Europe.