Guest guest Posted January 19, 2001 Report Share Posted January 19, 2001 This was out of my local paper today: FDA PROPOSES RULES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD Wasington- Seeking to ease pubic anxiety about geneticallly engineered food, the government proposed a mandatory review process for new biotech products that will include posting data on the internet. The Food and drug Admin. relies on biotech companies for voluntary consultation with the agency before the release of new biotech crops. In additon to the proposal Wednesday for mandatory review, the FDA also is proposing voluntary labeling guidelines for foods that claim either to be nonbiotech or to have special biotech ingredients. A claim such as " biotech-free " would not be allowed, because of the difficulty of proving it. A label that said " We do not use ingredients that were produced using biotechnology " would be OK. The review process " addresses what is of most concern to consumers; that is making our process more open and transparent and making it mandatory, " Take good care. Love, Renee and Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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