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Greenpeace assails GEAC’s approval of Doritos Chips as a non-GM product without any testing
GEAC’s decision has been criticized by Greenpeace India, which was the first organization to expose the presence of illegal GM food in Indian market. In May last year, Greenpeace had made public, after credible scientific evidence that Doritos corn chips, was containing more than two different traces of GM corn and was being sold in the market, illegally.
Commenting on the new development Jai Krishna, Campaigner of Greenpeace India said, ‘ While, we commend the move of the DGFT to detain suspected imports and redirect the importer to GEAC, the fact that the approval seems to have been given without any proof of testing for GMO’s is truly unfortunate. GEAC continues its haphazard regulation on GM food, risking the health of the consumers - children who are a major consumers of fast foods like Doritos chips in the country.
- Immediate confiscation on the bulk of the old imports of Doritos which are still available in the market.
- GEAC moves forward towards a system that identifies and tests samples independently to verify claims of the importer.
Notes to Editor
The samples of Doritos that were taken last year contained the gm corn varieties, MON 863 and NK 603. They were taken in the markets of south Delhi. The similar variety of the corn NK603 has been found to cause reproductive disorders by Austrian government scientists in November 2008.
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Jai Krishna – Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner, Greenpeace India. jr@greenpeace.org, Mob: +91 9845591992 Stella Paul- Greenpeace India Communications. Stella.paul@greenpeace.org, Mob: +91 9845068125
