The bill (PLC 34/2015), which removes the symbol indicating the
presence of transgenic components from food labels, is currently
under consideration by the Senate Commission for Transparency,
Governance, Supervision and Control and Consumer Protection. The
bill originated in the House of Representatives was rejected in two
Senate committees and approved in two, under criticism from the
First Vice President of the Senate and various entities.
The text establishes the removal of the yellow triangle with the
letter "T", which today is obligatory on the packaging of
food containing any percentage of genetically modified organisms
(GMO). The bill restricts the need for warnings on products where
the transgenic substance exceeds 1% of the composition. In this
case, the current symbol should be replaced only by the phrase
"contains transgenic". Likewise, food of animal origin
will no longer be labeled in cases when the animals were fed with
transgenic feed, and information
