Genetically Modified (GM) foods are dealt with in Section 22 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The section states that no person shall manufacture, distribute, sell or import any GM food article except as otherwise provided under the Act and regulations made thereunder. In order to ensure food safety, the FSSAI has initiated […]
GEAC gives Green Signal to the Cultivation of GM Mustard in India, opposed by Anti-GM Groups
The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has given the green signal for cultivation of GM Mustard in India. It is the environment ministry that has to now give its approval. If approved GM mustard will become the second crop after cotton to be cultivated in India and the first food crop. In December 2015 the […]