Enforce that food producers, importers and packagers comply with the Consumer Protection Act and its Regulations, to label GM foods and marketing materials where the genetically modified (GM) content is at least 5%.
Why is this important?
There are currently four products on the South African market that have tested positive for a GM content over 50% and this is unlabeled. We are calling on the Department of Trade & Industry to stop the in-fighting & re-establish for the National Consumer Commissioner to monitor the consumer market and the effectiveness of accredited consumer groups to safeguard that “prohibited conduct and offences are prevented or detected and prosecuted”.
