Global rules for GM foods. (The Beat).
Members of the Codex International Task Force on Foods Derived from
Biotechnology agreed at their March 2002 meeting that genetically
modified foods should be subject to premarket safety assessments on a
case-by-case basis, and that nations should be allowed to trace such
foods as part of their risk management strategies. Tracing systems give
regulators the ability to withdraw such products from the market if they
are later found to cause adverse health effects. The agreement bolsters
efforts by the European Union to introduce tracing systems and will be
submitted for adoption to the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its July
2003 meeting. The commission sets voluntary but highly influential
international standards for all areas of food production and regulation.
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