GM FREE CERTIFICATE
- November 10, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject : Agriculture
Context : US, Australia, Brazil question India’s proposal for mandatory GM-free certification for food imports.
Concept :
- The importers will need to declare that the product is ‘of non-GM origin, does not contain genetically modified organism, and is also not genetically modified’.
- It aims to ensure that only non-GM food crops are imported into India.
- The FSSAI needs to gear up by taking up widespread testing and also taking the assistance of alert citizens and by acting on complaints related to suspected GMO.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
- It is an autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
- It has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which is a consolidating statute related to food safety and regulation in India.
- It is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.
- The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the Administrative Ministry of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.