The report of the 35th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL), that took place from 30 April to 4 May 2007 in Ottawa, Canada, is now available. Agenda Item 5, on "Labelling of foods and food ingredients obtained through certain techniques of genetic modification / genetic engineering", is covered in paragraphs 98-123 of the report. See the report (491 KB) or contact [email protected] for further information. For some background on the CCFL`s work in this area, see http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/agns/biotechnology_labelling_en.asp (in English, French and Spanish).

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