Around the world - GMO Labeling. Regulatory review of a divided world
Jan 10, 2022
Genetically Modified Organisms, a product of modern biotechnology, took the world food market by surprise. A scurry of GM food products entered our food chain. The production, development, and commercial release of these products was highly divergent in space and time. Resultantly, traceability and labeling of GMOs become an arduous as well as a requisite task. GMOs and products derived from them have been marred in controversies over their biosafety, ecological, economic, and ethical impacts. Thus, labeling and identity preservation of these products become even more important as well as contentious. The paper aims to dissect and establish that the actual labeling practice is far more complicated requiring planning and regulation at every step. The analyses of universally applicable ecological principles, country-wise legal structure, and existing international legislation depicted divergent approaches on GMO labeling which emerges due to varying social, economic, cultural, and political status of the countries. The need is to develop and implement a globally coherent labeling policy for the benefit of humankind.
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Australia
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FDA updates General Food Labeling Requirements Compliance Program
USA
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UK
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FDA updates regulations governing dairy product designations and labeling requirement
Taiwan
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Japan
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Romania
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European Union
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Ukraine
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New labeling requirements for dairy products containing palm oil
Serbia
Jun 09, 2025
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Indonesia
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Exemptions to fruit labeling requirements published
Canada
Jun 06, 2025
EU - Labelling the debate: a thematic analysis of alcohol industry submissions to the EU consultation on alcohol health warnings in Ireland
European Union
Jun 04, 2025
Announces draft additive content warning labeling for popular snack foods
USA
Jun 04, 2025
New animal welfare information requirements for the labeling of food of animal origin
Switzerland
Jun 02, 2025
New requirements for state registration of GMOs approved
Ukraine
May 29, 2025
