date:Jan 06, 2013
On New Year's day, India joined a select band of countries where food containing genetically modified (GM) content must be labelled as such. However, it has done so without any preparation.
The labelling of foods with GM ingredients has been a long-held demand of consumer groups, but the way it has been done in India has left them disappointed.
The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, which came into effect on January 1, say every package containing the genetically modified food