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Food Health
Where are the unauthorized from the outgrower farmers? seem to be above the law?
non-BT maize GMOs being Just last week, the NBA
used in mealie meal [for We have already ascertained (National Biotech Authority)
people] and animal feed that Innscor is illegally responded to court papers in
originating from, if some of importing most of its GMOs the Harare High Court, and
the ones we found in the pig in Zimbabwe - many of they fell short of confirming
feed are not authorized in which are unauthorized the claims made by Grain
South Africa? in South Africa - for Millers in their papers,
animal feed and human that NBA as the second
Furthermore, elevated consumption. So is there respondent, authorized
levels of glyphosate were also a possibility that some them and its members [like
also detected in the pig and of these GMOs that we are Innscor) to import GMO
chicken feed, and we are still finding in their food and feed maize and soy for human and
undertaking tests in Germany are being cultivated illegally animal consumption before
to determine whether the in Zimbabwe, as Bulawayo the cabinet authorized maize
mealie meal also contains the 24 x.com/matinyarare/st… imports for animal feed on
carcinogen, glyphosate. fears could be happening, the 13th of March.
after finding GMO grain
It’s curious that the Innscor being sold openly in Mbare With this, NBA must now
website states they have earlier this week? investigate the Innscor
outgrower farmers cultivating outgrower farms to determine
maize and soya in Zimbabwe if they are not growing
for their feed factories, mills If Profeeds and Innscor GMOs which may potentially
and bakeries. So, what are have already broken GMO contaminate our seed stock,
these growers cultivating importation laws, by using especially after NBA had an
in Zimbabwe if most of the questionable GM import article written in the Herald
mealie meal and animal feed licenses, what would stop today, condemning the
have GMO ingredients? them from getting equally illegal import of GMOs into
Where are the non-GMOs bogus licenses to grow them Zimbabwe.
that are meant to be coming in the country too, since they
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