A new fraud is reported to have come to light involving the mislabelling of genetically modified soy foods.
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Reuters reports that Italian police have launched an investigation following a survey by left-leaning newspaper La Repubblica over the weekend which alleged some labels failed to inform consumers about the full extent of GMOs in foods.
“Samples will be analysed for the presence of undeclared genetically modified organisms (GMOs),” a police spokesman, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.
La Repubblica said that out of a sample of 31 products bought in Turin supermarkets, ten contained genetic material. Of these, four products had higher content of GM material than suggested on their labels, the newspaper said.
Italian Agriculture Minister Giovanni Alemanno has repeatedly called for full and honest labelling of genetically modified ingredients to enable consumers to make an informed choice about what they buy.
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By GlobalData“Food that has genetic content above a tolerance level of 0.5% from accidental contamination must be labelled unequivocally,” Alemanno said over the weekend.
