02.06.2004 |

Russia Tightens Up GM Food Labeling

Russia has introduced tighter labeling controls for genetically modified (GM) foods, amid public and media debate tinged with an anti-American flavor. Environmentalists, including the leading group Greenpeace-Russia, claim that obesity problems in the U.S. are the result of GM foods. A leading Russian news website, Utro.ru, recently commented that GM foods have turned U.S. society into a "Frankenstein`s farm."<a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200406%5CFOR20040602d.html">CNS News</a>