UK: Retailers join in GM debate, FSA warns of lack of information
By: just-food.com | 17 July 2003
The UK's main supermarket operators have said they will not stock genetically modified foods because consumers do not want them. Meanwhile, UK food watchdog The Food Standards Agency has said that consumers need to know more about biotechnology to enable them to have informed views on GM foods.
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The UK's main supermarket operators have said they will not stock genetically modified foods because consumers do not want them. Meanwhile, UK food watchdog The Food Standards Agency has said that consumers need to know more about biotechnology to enable them to have informed views on GM foods.
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