Yesterday, the European high court made a remarkable decision. Honey containing traces of genetically-modified (GM) products, even if unintentional, "must always be regarded as a food produced from a GMO." An organic farmer from Bavaria whose bees collected pollen from a field with GMO-maize that was 500 m away asked the Bavarian government for compensation, as his honey was no longer an organic product. The government refused to pay since the maize was produced in a field that was certified as GMO-maize-ground. The court endorsed the Advocate-General's February 2011 opinion which noted that honey containing pollen from Monsanto's MON 810 maize is not covered by authorization issued under the EU regulation on genetically modified food. Additionally the Advocate-General concluded that "food containing material from a genetically-modified plant, whether that material is included intentionally or not, must always be regarded as food produced from a GMO".