Borges Bárbara Juliana Pinheiro, Arantes Olivia Márcia Nagy, Fernandes Antonio Alberto Ribeiro, Broach James R, Fernandes Patricia Machado Bueno
Biotechnology Group, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.
Retired, Londrina, Brazil.
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2018 Nov 27;6:181. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00181. eCollection 2018.
One of the priorities to address food security is to increase the access of farmers to biotechnology, through the application of scientific advances, such as genetically modified organisms and food (GMF). However, the spread of (mis)information about their safety strengthens the clamor for mandatory GMF labeling. This paper provides an overview of food labeling policies, considering the principles suggested by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and analyzes the consequences for the world food security of the Brazilian labeling policies compared to developed countries. We discuss the discriminatory application of GMF mandatory labeling in the absence of any scientific evidence as it has the potential of causing social harm and jeopardizes research, production, and distribution of food and consumers' right to information.
解决粮食安全问题的优先事项之一是通过应用科学进步，如转基因生物和食品（GMF），增加农民获得生物技术的机会。然而，关于其安全性的（错误）信息传播加剧了对转基因食品强制标签的呼声。本文根据食品法典委员会提出的原则概述了食品标签政策，并分析了巴西标签政策与发达国家相比对世界粮食安全的影响。我们讨论了在没有任何科学证据的情况下转基因食品强制标签的歧视性应用，因为它有可能造成社会危害，并危及食品的研究、生产和分销以及消费者的知情权。
