Annual report : 1996 / Food Advisory Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

  • Great Britain. Food Advisory Committee
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1996
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    I LABELLING AND INFORMATION Review of the FAC Guidelines for the Labelling of Foods Produced Using Genetic Modification 6. Following the Committee's comprehensive review of this issue which it completed in 1993, revised guidelines on the labelling of foods produced using genetic modification (GM) were issued in February 1994.~ These have been used by the Committee to advise on the labelling of GM foods following their clearance on safety grounds by the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP). In the light of developments on a proposal for a European Union (EU) Regulation on Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients,” the Committee decided that its labelling criteria should be brought into line with the requirements set out in that proposal. Agreement on the Regulation was finally reached in December 1996 and the Committee agreed to use the final text as the basis for all its subsequent discussions on the labelling of GM foods. Voluntary Information on Foods Produced Using Genetic Modification Technology Ls The Committee reviewed its position on the labelling of GM foods and the provision of information to the public about these foods generally, and decided that there was no need to revise any of its earlier decisions regarding the compulsory labelling of individual products. It went on to confirm its existing view that all manufacturers of foods produced using GM technology should continue to be encouraged to provide information about their products voluntarily in response to consumer interest. The Committee recognised that in some instances it may be impracticable to do this through appropriate labelling but, where this was the case, it would encourage manufacturers and retailers to provide information in other ways.
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