GM and Codex - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/21237.xml The US continues to oppose mandated GM foods despite increasing demand for this transparency from the developing world - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 U.S. Pressure on South Africa at Codex Quashes Hopes For Mandatory GM Food Labeling in 2008 According to the Natural Solutions Foundation http://www.prweb.com/releases/GM_Labeling/Codex/prweb909004.htm South Africa's strong objection to food containing any unlabeled Genetically Modified (GM) ingredients was registered in a formal document presented to the Codex Committee on Food Labeling (Ottawa) for which the Natural Solutions Foundation provided technical support for the document. The United States, which prohibits labeling GM foods, immediately demanded that the South African (SA) government in Pretoria withdraw its Codex submission. Bowing to U.S. pressure, SA formally withdrew its paper defeating the possibility of CCFL approval of mandatory GM labeling for at least another year. (PRWeb May 1, 2008)

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