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Sri Lanka will impose strict regulations banning the import of genetically modified raw and processed food. The laws come into effect on May 1 2001. The Food Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health, which recommended the banning of these food items, has also called for certain food items to be imported only on a licence. These food items include soya products, tomatoes, potato products, bakers and brewers yeast, cheese, beet sugar, corn or maize. Importers of these products will have to submit a certificate from the exporting government's health authority confirming that the products have not been genetically modified. Dr A M L Beligaswatte, Director General of Health Services said the ban would continue until the ongoing debate in the western countries over the safety of GM food is resolved.
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