India, Feb. 25 -- FSSAI issued an order on February 8 setting the permissible limit for GMO in imported food crops at 1%

The one per cent threshold for genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food crops imported into India, set by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in a recent order, is unacceptably high, the Coalition for a GM-Free India wrote in a letter to the government.

In August 2020, FSSAI had issued the order that 24 food crops the country imports would need a 'non-GM-origin-cum-GM-free certificate' issued by a competent authority. On February 8, the authority defined the GMO threshold of these crops for certification.

Laboratories in India can detect as little as 0.01 per cent presence of GMO in foods, the le...