The latest information on StarLink was evaluated again in 2001 and "low probability of allergenicity" was inferred, since wet-milling corn removes all Cry9C protein from products made by that process. Despite this, presence of StarLink in human food was not supported, because the harmful effects could not be completely ruled out. Therefore, it was also recommended that in future transgenic food crops will be approved only if scientific data supported no risk in their use, both as feed and food (not merely for feed, as was done in case of StarLink). Nevertheless, this is an example where the industry failed to comply with the terms of its licence, and therefore, created difficulties for the industry in the area of crop biotechnology.


