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UK – GM ICE CREAM PROTEIN
Unilever moves closer with GM ice cream protein
10 April 2007. Source: Dairy Reporter.com (UK)
Low fat ice cream made using a GM yeast moved, according to this story, closer to being approved for the European market, as the FSA published its draft opinion on Unilever technology under novel foods regulation.
The consumer goods firm applied to the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) for novel foods approval to use ice-structuring proteins derived from a fermented genetically modified baker's yeast last year.
The draft opinion that the ISP preparation is acceptable subject to proposed parameters, on which the FSA is currently eliciting comments, is a step towards Unilever gaining the go-ahead for Europe. However the agency opines that consumers should be made aware that products made using the ISP, even though the GM yeast cells are removed from the final product.
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