date:Aug 02, 2018
Indonesia prescribe a threshold value of five per cent by weight. The European Union (EU) prescribes threshold of 0.9 per cent.
A senior official with FSSAI stated, Irrespective of the threshold, the safety of every GM product needs to be well-established and the products must be proven to be as safe as non-GM products. The proposed labelling of GM foods in India falls within the range of the internationally-followed threshold level and seems to be practical and cost-effective.
Meanwhile, ass