DES MOINES, Iowa — A nonprofit consortium of scientists says in a new report that food products from livestock that eat biotech crops don't present a risk to consumers.

A three-member task force of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology compiled the report, which looked at regulatory assessments and evaluated safety data.

"Meat, milk, and eggs produced by farm animals fed biotechnology-derived crops are as wholesome, safe and nutritious as similar products produced by animals fed conventional crops," said John Bonner, CAST's executive vice president.

The Ames, Iowa-based council, formed in 1972, is a consortium of 38 scientific and professional societies, as well as company and nonprofit members and more than 1,200 individual members.

The group brings together agriculture experts from around the world.