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Leadership
Food Health
PROFEEDS PORK FEEDS GMO TEST
RESULTS EXPOSE ILLEGAL GMOS
By Rutendo Matinyarare, Harare Zimbabwe
n February 7, Africa. Therefore, the March 13, 2024, did the
2024, before the production by #Profeeds of Zimbabwean cabinet
OZimbabwean GMO animal feed containing approve BT Maize imports
cabinet allowed the unapproved soya and non-BT [ONLY] from South Africa,
importation of GMO BT GMO maize strains - some exclusively for animal feed.
maize solely for animal not approved in South Africa Hence, the question arises:
feed, lab results revealed - before the cabinet gave who approved licenses for
unauthorized maize and soya approval for the importation Innscor to import GMOs
GMO strains in Profeeds’ pig of GMOs from South Africa, for human and animal
feed. for animal feed only (on consumption, before cabinet
February 7, 2024), was approval or a recent and
Many of these GMO strains illegal and remains so today. valid statutory.
are not authorized in South This is because only on
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