A compromise deal has been struck at the international biosafety meeting in Brazil on how to label GM food imports. But hunger-stricken East African countries are concerned that they still won’t be sure if food aid contains GM. Ebenezer T. Bifubyeka reports.
[Curitiba, Brazil – PANOS FEATURES] The recipients of food aid for decades, poor and hunger-stricken countries in East Africa say they will continue to reject genetically modified (GM) food aid until an effective labelling system is put in place.
Labelling GM foods, because of health and environmental risks, was the subject of heated debates at the just-concluded meeting of the international Biosafety Protocol in Curitiba before a compromise deal was finally struck on the night of March 17.
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