Sugar industry representatives also proposed several other short and long-term domestic and trade policy recommendations. International Biotech Food Standards Drafted The Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived From Biotechnology agreed on draft food biotechnology standards on March 29, 2001. Once the Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts the standards, they will be used for arbitrating international food trade disputes under the World Trade Organization. The task force is expected to prepare several key policies related to food biotechnology to be presented as a final report by March 2003 for adoption at the annual Codex general meeting in July 2003. This site is optimized for Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 5.
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