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2008-09-16 |

South African Ministry rejects warnings on consumer bill including GE food labelling

Warnings of the dire consequences for business if strict product liability were introduced have failed to convince the trade and industry department that such a measure should be left out of the Consumer Protection Bill. [...] the department was open to the idea of product labelling of genetically modified organisms to give consumers choice. Committee members felt quite strongly that there should be such labelling. Ntuli said a requirement for such labelling was in the original draft of the bill but that the agriculture and health departments were opposed to it on the grounds of cost and technical complexity.

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2008-09-16 |

South African Ministry rejects warnings on consumer bill including GE food labelling

Warnings of the dire consequences for business if strict product liability were introduced have failed to convince the trade and industry department that such a measure should be left out of the Consumer Protection Bill. [...] the department was open to the idea of product labelling of genetically modified organisms to give consumers choice. Committee members felt quite strongly that there should be such labelling. Ntuli said a requirement for such labelling was in the original draft of the bill but that the agriculture and health departments were opposed to it on the grounds of cost and technical complexity.

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