CODEX WANTS EXPERT ADVICE ON USING GENE MARKERS IN FOOD
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLGOVERNMENTS and food industry international organisations have been asked to comment on draft guidelines on using antibiotic resistance marker genes in food production, drawn up by global food standards body Codex Alimentarius. This additional consultation follows pressure from the European Commission for more studies into whether these genes are safe for consumers. Codex's ad hoc intergovernmental task force on foods derived from biotechnology has released a discussion paper questioning whether including such marker genes in food might ...
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