Food labelling committee for Brazil
labelling products that contain genetically modified organisms, or
GMOs, in an effort to clear the legal barriers to the sale of such
produce, according to a Dow Jones story this week.
Brazil's government has created a committeeto revise the rules on labelling products that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, in an effort to clear the legal barriers to the sale of such produce, according to a Dow Jones story this week.
Ronaldo Sardenberg, the science and technology minister, was cited as sayingthat the pan-ministerial committee will focus on a re-assessment of the government decree calling for consumer labelling on packaged foods with more than 4 per cent GMO content, compared to 1 per cent in Europe and 5 per cent in Japan, and will concentrate on a review of the size and wording of such labels.
Sardenberg was further cited as saying the inter-ministerial committee will take around three months to complete its review. Current rules demand clear labels with the words 'genetically modified' or 'contains genetically modified(organisms)' on all packaged foods with more than 4 per cent GMO content. Theseregulations were to have been enforced from 31 December, but introduction wasdelayed with the revision.
At the same time, Congress is debating even tougher labelling regulations,nearer to the demands of consumer groups, as part of a catch-all biotechnologybill, which is set to leave the committee stage soon.
