Abangenisi bezitshalo zokudla eziyisisekelo ezingama-24 kuzodingeka ukuthi bamemezele ukuthi le mikhiqizo ayishintshwanga ngokwezakhi zofuzo nokuthi ayithathwa kuma-GMO kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Januwari 2021. Lo myalo ukhishwe ngabeFood Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), kubika i Hindu BusinessLine.
Amaqembu ezemvelo akhononda ngokuthi ukudla okuthengwa kwamanye amazwe kuvame ukuba nezinto eziphilayo eziguquliwe. I-FSSAI ikhiphe lo myalo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi yizitshalo zokudla okungezona eze-GMO kuphela ezingena ezweni.
Izitshalo zokudla ezingu-24 zihlanganisa i-apula, isitshalo seqanda, ummbila, ukolweni, ikhabe, uphayinaphu, upopo, iplamu, amazambane, ilayisi, ubhontshisi wesoya, ubhontshisi oshukela, umoba, utamatisi, upelepele, ithanga, imbewu yefilakisi, iplamu kabhontshisi, ne-chicory. Lo myalelo uthi abangenisi kuzofanele bamemezele ukuthi umkhiqizo "akuwona osuka ku-GM, awuqukethe izinto eziphilayo eziguqulwe ngofuzo, futhi awushintshwanga ngokofuzo." Ukusebenzisa lo mthetho kuzodinga ukubhekisiswa kabanzi, kusho uKavita Kuruganti weSustainable and Holistic Agriculture Alliance. "Ukuthobela lo myalelo we-FSSAI, kuyadingeka ukulungiselela ngokwenza ukuhlolwa okubanzi, kanye nokuphendukela ezakhamuzini eziqaphile kanye nokwenza izikhalo ezihlobene nokusola kwe-GM," kusho uKuruganti.
“Lesi yisitatimende esibaluleke kakhulu,” kusho uchwepheshe wezolimo uDevinder Sharma. “Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi i-FSSAI yenze lesi sinqumo naphezu kwengcindezi yamaqembu anamandla. Lolu hlu luhlanganisa cishe wonke amasiko amakhulu. " USharma ubhekise emkhankasweni wakamuva weqembu lamabhizinisi aseNdiya naseMelika wokwenza iDelhi ivumele ingxenye engu-5% ye-transgenic emikhiqizweni yezolimo engeniswe ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sohwebo.