FSSAI GMO Threshold

  • Recently, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to go ahead with labelling packaged food products with over one per cent of Genetically Modified ingredients.
  • The scientific committee of the FSSAI has prescribed labelling of GM food items for manufacture, sale and distribution in India with a threshold value of one per cent.
  • Therefore, if the maximum residue level (MRL) of GM ingredients reaches one per cent, food products will have to display a message on their packaging that they contain GM food.
  • Earlier, the threshold of five per cent was being considered. However, the scientific ....
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