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2007-05-21 | permalink
Parliament of South Korea banned genetically modified food from school menus
A group of 19 lawmakers Thursday submitted bills to tighten safeguard measures on beef and other agricultural goods imported from abroad. [...] The bills introduced by the lawmakers of the minor opposition Democratic Labor Party and other parties aim to require all restaurants and school cafeterias to use beef and rice with country-of-origin labels; ban genetically modified food from school menus; ban the use of beef raised on offal; and ban the use of offal in feed production for animals like cattle and deer.
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2007-05-21 | permalink
Parliament of South Korea banned genetically modified food from school menus
A group of 19 lawmakers Thursday submitted bills to tighten safeguard measures on beef and other agricultural goods imported from abroad. [...] The bills introduced by the lawmakers of the minor opposition Democratic Labor Party and other parties aim to require all restaurants and school cafeterias to use beef and rice with country-of-origin labels; ban genetically modified food from school menus; ban the use of beef raised on offal; and ban the use of offal in feed production for animals like cattle and deer.
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