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UN is slipping modified food into aid

By Fred Pearce

21 September 2002

THE UN has been delivering genetically modified food as emergency aid for the past seven years, Âé¶¹´«Ã½ has learned. And it has done so without telling the countries concerned. Its admission makes a mockery of African governments’ recent efforts to reject GM food aid.

Countries getting GM food aid in the past two years – often in breach of national regulations – include the Philippines, India, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador, as well as many African countries.

The UN World Food Programme told Âé¶¹´«Ã½ this week that its staff are under no obligation to alert authorities and have made…

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