The European Union has moved to block the import of long grain rice from the United States. This comes after the biotech company Bayer CropScience revealed that unauthorized genetically modified rice had accidentally entered commercial rice supplies inside the United States. European Commission spokesperson Phillip Tod: “The emergency measures adopted by the Commission today mean that, with immediate effect, only consignments of U.S. long grain rice that have been tested by an accredited laboratory using, a validated detection method, and accompanied by a certificate assuring the absence of LL 601 will be able to enter the EU.” The European Union says the new regulations will last six months. Japan has also suspended the import of all long grain rice from the United States. Meanwhile a Germany company plans to begin testing genetically modified potatoes in Britain. It will mark the first time in more than three years that any genetically modified food has been grown in Britain.