Halal and GM Foods: Muslims would wish to know whether the corn they were eating had been modified with a gene from pigs

USA : source: greenbio.checkbiotech.org from www.naturalnews.com/
June 30, 2008
The U.S. and several other nations recently attended
a Codex meeting in Calgary, Canada to discuss food labeling.

South Africa pointed out that in nearly every country
there are various religious groups with differing beliefs
when it comes to ingesting certain foods. South Africa
stated that these "religious and ethical concerns must
be noted and respected through global mandatory
labeling of foods derived from genetic engineering
and biotechnology must take into account ethical and
religious concerns" [2] (CCFL, 2008, p. 1).

For example,
kosher Jews and Halal Muslims would wish to know
whether the corn they were eating had been modified
with a gene from pigs.
Similarly, vegetarians would certainly wish to avoid
vegetables which contained animal genes inserted
into them and have an ethical right to know if this was the case.

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