The European Commission last approved a genetically modified organism for sale in 1998.

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Genetically modified versions of the organism can produce butanol and propanol, two high-energy building blocks for transportation fuels.

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The chances are that today you have already eaten a genetically-modified foodstuff or a food that was made with a modified organism.

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