Food Justice: Experts Reject GMOs, Back SSB Tax

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) pose significant health, environmental and economic risks, while an improved tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) will promote human rights and food justice, experts have said. They spoke on Monday in Lagos at a capacity-building programme organised by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), themed: “Human Rights, Food Justice and Sugar-Sweetened […]


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