Grammar+points

=**Grammar Points**=


 * Present, Past and Present Perfect**


 * Relative clauses**

**VIDEO: What you should know about EFSA - in 3 minutes** **[|Combat Monsanto]** media type="custom" key="22014100" After watching the video, try the following to show your comprehension:

__Join the pairs of sentences into relative clauses__
 * 1) EFSA is the European authority. It watches over our food safety.
 * 2) EFSA hires experts. These experts read the reports and give advice to EU institutions
 * 3) EFSA has often dismissed independent studies. These studies were not carried out at laboratories with a particular label.
 * 4) A label is very expensive to achieve and, what’s more, no guarantee of better scientific testing. This in practice favours industry-funded laboratories.
 * 5) EFSA has a panel of twenty researchers. Eleven of these researchers have links with the food industry. They have worked for it before.
 * 6) EFSA board member Milan Kováč had a second life as a director of the International Life Sciences Institute. His lobby group is sponsored by organizations like McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Unilever and Monsanto.
 * 7) Mr Kováč received strong criticisms from civil society groups. He has now stepped down from ILSI after those criticisms.
 * 8) ILSI represents political influence both in Brussels and in Washington. Important food safety decisions are taken in those two cities.
 * 9) The European Commission is a major client of EFSA. The Commission regularly dines with the big boys from the food industry.
 * 10) It would be better if the safety of our food was advised by independent scientists. Their reports are based on independent research.