Brazil’s Congress is poised to approve a bill modifying labeling rules for genetically modified (GM) food. Under the new legislation, Brazil would continue to require that products be labeled so consumers can tell whether the food products and animal feed they buy contain over 1% genetically modified (GM) ingredients. But the measure, if approved, would no longer make it mandatory—as is the case now—that the labels of such products feature a “T” for transgenic, inside a yellow triangle. “[The yellow symbol] is associated with danger, which scares and confuses the consumers into thinking foods with transgenic ingredients are dangerous,” says Carlos Heinze, the congressman who authored the bill. “If they were dangerous, the National Biosafety Technical Commission [a regulatory body made up of... [Log in to read more]