Nat. Biotechnol. 25, 1065–1066 (2007); published online October 2007

In the version of this article initially published, on page 1066, paragraph 3, Moisés Burachik was quoted as saying, “EFSA [the European Food Safety Agency] is not handling approvals in a scientific way.” The author misunderstood the speaker, whose point is better represented by, “The EU should start listening to its own scientists.”