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 Modified decision [1]

buckling under the pressure of the industry, the Sri Lankan government has indefinitely postponed its plans to impose one of the world's stringent bans on genetically modified (gm) food. The ban was initially imposed in May 2001. But it was postponed a month later due to pressure from the World Trade Organisation (wto), which wanted to give some countries more time to adjust to the restrictions (see

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Down to Earth [2]
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Food Technology [3], Health Effects [4], Trade [5], WTO [6], Imports [7], Genetic Engineering [8], Legislation [9], Governance [10], Sri Lanka [11], United States Of America (US) [12]

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