High Court okays lifting of ban on genetically modified food

Researchers have been trying GMO maize variety that can tolerate drought and insect stress.

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The High Court has dismissed several petitions challenging lifting of a ban on genetically modified organisms (GMO) food, saying the matter had been dealt with by the Environment and Land court last year.

In a dispatch in October 2022, the Cabinet lifted a 10-year ban imposed on biotechnology foods sparking a number of court cases, over fears that their importation might be harmful to human health, animals, the environment and biodiversity.

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