The world's first health standard for genetically modified food
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Last Update: 2002-09-28
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: new page 1 The World Health Organization and the food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently announced that the Codex Alimentarius Commission has formulated the first principles in the world to assess whether genetically modified food meets the health standards The Codex Alimentarius Commission, which held its 24th Congress in Geneva, decided that the hygienic standard of genetically modified food must be tested and approved by the government before it is put on the market, especially its "ability to cause allergy" The United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission has also adopted a series of new standards to limit certain ingredients in food (such as lead, calcium and aflatoxin) For example, the content of aflatoxin in milk should not exceed 0.5 micrograms per kilogram In addition, the Committee has made new regulations on the biological method of raising livestock, that is, livestock must take biological food as the main feed: the feed shall not contain animal meat and bone meal, but the derivatives of fish and milk can be used; the use of growth hormone is prohibited RE3
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