Manufacturers urged to test for GMOs after change in regulations

FOOD manufacturers have been advised to test risk ingredients for low level presence of unauthorised genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Rising contamination is feared after the latest change in the EU’s complicated GM laws — it allows 0.1% unauthorised GM presence in imported animal feed, but maintains zero tolerance of GM in human food.

The problem, according to non-GMO certification body, Cert ID Europe, arises because the global food and feed industries are interlinked.