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          weaponize these GMOs.              Kenya, DRC, Mauritius,             documentary on Zimbabwean
          Consequently, these plants         Ghana, Botswana, Lesotho,          and African food quality issues.
          should be regulated under the      Swaziland and the question is,     The public will eventually get
          Plant Pests and Diseases Act in    do they have the same GMOs,        information on the results of
          conjunction with the National      glyphosate and chemicals we        the tests from this documentary
          Biotechnology Authority Act.       found in their Zim food?           when it eventually airs.
          Many of our governments’
          senior officials and regulators    What’s in Innscor’s                Additionally, a report is being
          have abrogated their duty          Food, Animal Feeds and             compiled to inform relevant
          to monitor and police food         Condiments?                        governments and regulators
          imports because allegedly they     (A report)                         in countries where Innscor
          receive kickbacks from big                                            distributes its products, of the
          monopolies not to monitor.         As part of the Zimbabwe            findings of our research.
          They perceive these companies      anti-sanctions movement,           Furthermore, shareholders
          as their allies, not realizing that   prior to Innscor seeking a gag   and stakeholders of the
          by permitting transgenic food      order against our Chairman,        company will receive the same
          imports, these companies could     Rutendo Matinyarare, samples       report detailing the results
          be feeding biological weapons      of Innscor products underwent      and their implications for the
          to our people unwittingly or       laboratory testing in two          environment and human health.
          wittingly, on behalf of the same   facilities in South Africa and
          nations that imposed illegal       France.                            These scientifically-backed
          sanctions on us. However,                                             results supersede any previous
          without testing the food being     These tests were aimed at          court orders aimed at halting
          imported into our countries,       detecting GMOs; cancer             “defamatory claims” against
          African governments have no        causing MSG, Glyphosate,           Innscor, as they are scientific
          way of knowing.                    pesticides, Bovine Growth          facts that originate from
                                             Hormone, Aflatoxins and other      globally certified laboratories.
          In a world where food began        contaminants.
          to be weaponized by Henry                                             We are committed to keeping
          Kissinger and the U.S.             After several months, 80%          all stakeholders informed about
          government through the             of the results have been           the food we consume, as bad
          strategy called NSSM 200, to       received. These findings have      food can be seen as a form of
          control the world and reduce       been presented in court to         sanctions or warfare against a
          dark populations -a strategy       substantiate the claims made       nation. In the words of Henry
          that now sees GMO maize            by Rutendo Matinyarare             Kissinger, ‘Control the oil and
          eating nations being the most      regarding Innscor’s food           you will control the nation:
          plagued by HIV in the world-       quality as factual and not         control the food and I control
          this is not just a Zimbabwean      defamatory.                        the people.’
          issue but a continental
          challenge. #Innscor is             Nonetheless, the decision has      Report Written by ZASM team.
          supplying feed, foods and fast     been made not to release the
          food, not only to Zimbabwe but     results publicly, as an exclusive
          to over 10 African countries       deal with a media outlet has
          that include Zambia, Malawi,       been secured to produce a



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