ZAGREB, June 4 (Hina) - The sale of genetically modified food on the Croatian market will be possible but this food will first have to undergo a rigorous analysis by competent bodies and be specifically marked, according to the final
draft of a food law the government endorsed on Thursday.
ZAGREB, June 4 (Hina) - The sale of genetically modified food on the
Croatian market will be possible but this food will first have to
undergo a rigorous analysis by competent bodies and be specifically
marked, according to the final draft of a food law the government
endorsed on Thursday. #L#
Croatia will get a laboratory for the detection of genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) by the end of the month, said Assistant
Agriculture Minister Miroslav Bozic.
The food bill stipulates that all food and food ingredients
containing GMOs must carry a clearly visible sticker reading "this
product derives from GMOs".
Within six months Croatia will also get a food agency which will
examine the healthiness and hygiene of food, analyse risk and
manage risk in crises. The establishment of the agency is a
commitment Croatia has towards the European Union.
The food bill also calls for the definition of food unsuitable for
the market. This is food past its expiry date, with ingredients
which do not correspond to the sticker, and food containing more or
less of allowed ingredients, for example iodine in table salt.
Under the bill, inspectors will be allowed to enter and search
premises suspected of illegally manufacturing food, which is not
the case now.
Work on the bill, which has been forwarded into urgent
parliamentary procedure, took two years.
(hina) ha sb