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2009-09-29 |

Vietnam to label GM foods from 2015

Vietnam’s Government is drafting a decree governing the safety of biotechnology-based foods, so the labeling of genetically modified foods is expected to start from 2015, according to the HCMC Biotechnology Center. Duong Hoa Xo, director of the center, told the Daily on the sidelines of a seminar on biotechnology in the city on Monday that the Government had provided guidelines for the testing of gene modification on some farm produce.

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2009-09-29 |

Vietnam to label GM foods from 2015

Vietnam’s Government is drafting a decree governing the safety of biotechnology-based foods, so the labeling of genetically modified foods is expected to start from 2015, according to the HCMC Biotechnology Center. Duong Hoa Xo, director of the center, told the Daily on the sidelines of a seminar on biotechnology in the city on Monday that the Government had provided guidelines for the testing of gene modification on some farm produce.

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