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[SANET-MG] circular letters for an endless process



It seems to me a very simple matter, GM foods should be labeled so that their harmful side effects can be detected and dealt with. Codex alimentarius seems to be mired in hands of highly paid bureaucrats who might face unemployment if a task was ever completed. Circular letters are the perfect tool for endless negotiations.
Please find attached the following background document, for consideration
at the 6th Session of the Codex  Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on
Foods Derived from Biotechnology (CCFBT) to be held in Chiba, Japan,
November 27 to December 1, 2006:

CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD LABELLING3
"3. The 34th Session of the Committee on Food Labelling discussed the Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Labelling of Foods and Food Ingredients Obtained Through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering: Labelling Provisions and could not come to a consensus on how to proceed with the development of the text. After some discussion, the Committee agreed to convene a physical working group between the sessions to assist the Committee with guidance relating to the further development of the Proposed Draft Guidelines, and in particular consider the approaches taken by Members on the labelling food and food ingredients obtained through certain techniques of genetic modification/genetic engineering. For this purpose, a Circular Letter (CL 2006/22-FL) was distributed in June 2006 asking for information on the approaches followed by members at the national level in this area."

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