[Monsanto’s high-lysine LY038 corn] authorised as safe for New Zealanders to eat has been withdrawn from commercial development in Europe because of safety concerns there. [It] was approved as safe for human consumption in New Zealand in December 2007 [...] despite concerns from Canterbury University’s Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI) that it might cause cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease if it accidentally entered the human food chain.