THE UN has been delivering genetically modified food as emergency aid for the past seven years, New ÒÁÈ˾þà 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 New ÒÁÈ˾þà this week that its staff are under no obligation to alert authorities and have made…
