Biotech Labeling Still Unresolved in Codex

The Codex Alimentarius Commission is the forum for setting international standards for food safety and quality. The deliberations of its various committees are very important, given the World Trade Organization’s recognition of Codex documents as “benchmarks” for resolving international trade disputes.

Labeling of foods derived from modern biotechnology (rDNA-biotechnology) is a substantial issue of tremendous scope and implication for international trade. It is one of the two hottest issues nut…