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A label we don't need

Nature Biotechnology volume 29, pages 971–972 (2011)Cite this article

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The United Nations (UN; New York) agency that sets food standards—the Codex Alimentarius (Latin for 'Food Code,' commonly called 'Codex' for short)—recently reached an impasse on the labeling of food containing products derived from recombinant DNA technology. It decided neither to recommend nor to establish compulsory labeling for foods with ingredients from recombinant DNA-modified organisms—but you'd never know that from the spin.

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Miller, H., Kershen, D. A label we don't need. Nat Biotechnol 29, 971–972 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2027

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