The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) says it is concerned with the misinformation surrounding the misconception of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) products in the country.
NBA Communications Officer Sandra Lombe pointed out that the general public has been fed wrong information on GEMO products.
Ms Lombe who speaking at the end of the year NBA press briefing in Lusaka today, stressed that the authority is saddened with the knowledge gap on GEMOs among members of the public.
She notes that the authority is worried with the myths and misconception attached to the GMO products in the country.
“The myths and misconceptions that surround the GEMO’s status in the country leave us worried and concerned because of the same miss information.
We note with sadness how the general public are being fed with misinformation on the GEMOs,” she said.
“The greatest challenge we face as an authority is the knowledge gap we have identified and noticed among the general public as regards to issues relating to Genetically Modified Organisms,” She said.
And the NBA says porous border entry points in some parts of the country are a source of concern.
“The porous border points in some areas are also a source of serious concern to us as they may be entry points for smuggled GMOs and other products.”
Ms Lombe disclosed that some people are using illegal point of entries to smuggle in GMO products.
She however issued that the authority has put in place measures to control inflow of GMO’s.
Commenting on the import payment issued by NBA in 2020, Ms Lombe revealed that the authority has issued seven import permits which are valid for five years each.
She explained that the issued import permits allow companies to import into the country GMO’s which are subjected to screening by the authority.
It is hh because he knows his farms will be closed soon if there is a large uptake of gmos
Very bad reporting. What myths and misconceptions is Sandra Lombe talking about. Why can’t she outline them so that we prove her wrong. When people in the western world are moving away from GMO and going back to natural, organic food, imwe that’s when you’re doing the opposite. Are you so blind to see that nothing is better than the original?
Bad reporting indeed. Its the journalists giving us poor communication. GMO and GEMO are these things the same? the general public has been fed wrong information by the media
Sandra Lombe don’t behave like a politician expressing sorrow and misery. Concerns associated with safety of modified germplasms are of natural variables and quantitative nature. So mention those myths based on data and evidence, and I mean research based evidence. I don’t blame your organization but were formed without R and D handles.
Very bad reporting indeed.hollow story
They should give us the right information then
The only myth and misconceptions is you Sandra Lombe…I highly doubt you would know which is a GMO apple if I showed them to you with stickers on them.
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How did she get into this job when she cannot articulate the issues that are misunderstood? AND how did such a reporter pass the journalism courses at Evelyn Hone College? This type of reporting and presenting issues is what is killing Zambia. I can extend this to our ZP running about in public places with assault weapons, the AK47 when we all know that there is no war or any foreign army invasion of Zambia. This clearly shows how far demagoguery has reached in making Zambia a living example of a country led by ignoramuses. You do not assign resources to achieve a non-existent objective. That is being empty headedness.
Iwe Lombe, do not just say blah blah blah, WHAT have you done as an Authority to dispell or demystify the situation at hand??? That’s what we want to know, if not you do not deserve the job you have ???
I AGREE