NEWS: IFP Calls For GMOs To Be Banned In SA

CAPE TOWN – The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has called for genetically modified foods in South Africa to be banned, pending an investigation into whether they can be toxic to humans. The party’s Member of Parliament Mkhuleko Hlengwa was speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday.

He cited reports that Free State University lab tests have found the percentage of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) in the country’s staple food maize meal have increased to an average of 80 percent, while in some brands it was as high as 97 percent.

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