An Italian court is investigating 10 seed companies for allegedly using maize containing genetic material in violation of Italian law, a judicial official said. The court in Turin launched the probe late on Tuesday after state seed agency Ense tested samples from seed companies for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and found some of them to be positive, the official, who asked not to be identified, said. Italy has zero tolerance towards GM seeds, even though the European Union`s Scientific Committee on Plants and other groups say the presence of GM material in seeds is inevitable because of unintentional contamination in the production process.</p><p><a href="http://www.zs-l.de/gmo/downloads/italy_court.pdf">Reuters: Italian Court probes seed companies</a></p><p><a href="http://www.zs-l.de/gmo/downloads/italy_manifesto.pdf">Il Manifesto, Contaminazione Ogm delle sementi: l'ultimo assalto</a>