Zambia grants grocery chain permission to import products containing GMOs

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The National Bio-safety Authority (NBA) has granted Shoprite permission to start importing foodstuff that may contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
. . .Shoprite last year applied to the authority to start the importation of various food products which contain, or may contain, genetically modified soya.
According to a statement availed to the Daily Mail [April 18], it stated that NBA decided to grant Shoprite the permit to start importing GMO foodstuff following a successful compliance application.
“In this regard, the NBA wishes to inform members of the public that African Supermarkets T/A Shoprite has been granted a permit to import food that may contain GMOs with effect from April 5, 2015 [sic], following the company’s successful compliance provisions of the bio-safety Act No. 10 of 2007,” the statement says.

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