Pakistan’s federal government has decided to direct the
manufacturers of the genetically modified foods to put labels on
all of their products. This step has been taken to save the
consumers from the malpractices and market manipulations by the
food industry. This will also help the consumers to decide
whether they should us GM foods or not. Currently, the
government is considering different viable options to regulate
this sector. A concept paper entitled as “Genetically Modified
Organisms and Food Labelling’ is a centre of all the
deliberations. It is hard to decide for the policy makers
whether to make labelling mandatory or let it be optional—the
first option will increase the production cost of the GM foods
manifold. It is hoped that the government will soon come up with
a feasible policy to put the GM foods sector under the ambit of
hygiene and health laws. At the international level, the
labelling laws for GM food vary greatly. Some countries have
made it compulsory while some take it as a volunteer act