Members of an international commission on food standards are expected to clash on safety standards for genetically modified foods during a four-day meeting beginning today in Chiba Prefecture, government sources said Monday.
The meeting will be the first of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology, a body under the 165-member Codex Alimentarius Commission.
The sources said that nations such as Denmark will insist on a "precautionary principle" banning the commercialization of GM foods unless their safety is guaranteed. The United States, however, will object to singling out such foods and screening them, the sources said.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.