Brazil House of Representatives approves bills to end GMO labels

The Brazilian lower House of Representatives has approved on April 28 a bill that seeks to end the obligation of labeling products that contain genetically-modified organisms. 

 

The Bio-security law regulations of Brazil require a mark of the print of a black "T" within a yellow triangle on the label of the food, which contain the genetically-modified organisms in a percentage higher than 1%.

 

The Workers Party and other parties from the leftist bloc tried to bar the proposal, but they were defeated. The main text of the project, authored by representative Luís Carlos Heinze, was approved by 320 votes in favor against 135.

 

The new law says that the requirement of products derived from animals fed by transgenic meal would also drop.

 

The legislation, however, maintains the requirement that the food producers should inform information of transgenic elements to customers if the content exceeds 1%, but it does not bring a standard on how this should be informed to consumers.