Matt at 25: GM food ban would undermine British science "I think if I start discussing what Cherie and I talk to each other about at breakfast I'm going to get into trouble," Mr Blair said. The suggestion that Mrs Blair was concerned about GM foods was circulated by friends of the Prince of Wales, who last week publicised his own objections in an article in the Daily Mail. Although Mr Blair insisted that he was not taking sides, he said it would be bad for British industry to give in to the public outcry over GM foods. Urging people to keep an open mind, he said: "I just worry that we have to proceed according to basic evidence and not say because people talk about Frankenstein foods we [should] simply chuck the whole thing out of the window." Mr Blair warned of the risks of banning GM foods and biotechnology research and "then finding in 15 or 20 years that we'd got it wrong." Interviewed on BBC television, the Prime Minister said: "We are in the position as the Government where it is almost as if people say `you are the great advocates of GM foods. I'm not the advocate of anything other than keeping an open mind. All I say to people is just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence. Earlier yesterday, Michael Meacher, the environment minister known to be sceptical about GM foods, emphasised the need for more research, saying there were "very great uncertainties" about the new technology. "I'd be the first to recognise that the existing level of research does need to be supplemented," he told GMTV. We need to continue monitoring and regulating in the most stringent way to be absolutely sure.