Ministry has to do more to ease people's GM food safety fears

CUI YONGYUAN, a former famous news anchor, recently posted several photos via his micro blog account, claiming the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs for promoting genetically modified (GM) food nationwide while not allowing GM food to appear in its own canteen. On Wednesday, the ministry responded, saying it bought all its foodstuff in the market. Thepaper.cn comments:

There have long been rumors about the ministry having its own special suppliers of foodstuff and rejecting the GM foods that it promotes to consumers nationwide.

The ministry has even responded to the claims on several occasions. As early as 2013, Bi Meijia, spokesperson for the then Ministry of Agriculture, said that their canteens got all their food products from the market. Yet five years later, the rumor is still rampant.