In a joint statement, the French ecology and agriculture ministries saidthe European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) had failed to take into accountrequests from dissenting countries on how the risk should be evaluated.

During his campaign, Sarkozy had pledged to publish regular health bulletins if elected.

According to recently published data, French farmers saw their incomes fall 20 percent last year even though France is the biggest recipient of EU agriculture subsidies.