THE END OF TRANSGENIC FOOD LABELING AND THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION CONSERVED BY THE CONSUMER DEFENSE CODE IN THE LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF 1988

• Main Authors: Ingrid Lima Barbosa, Daniel Monteiro Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Viçosa 2018-03-01
• Series: Revista de Direito
• Subjects: Transgênicos. Projeto de Lei nº 4.148/08. Código do Consumidor. Constituição Federal.
• Online Access: https://www.revistadir.ufv.br/index.php/RevistaDireito-UFV/article/view/592

Bill No. 4.148/08 intends to eliminate the requirement for the “T” symbol in the packaging of products containing more than one percent of GMOs in its composition, due to the alleged negative charge that it presents, going against what is advocated by the Biosafety Law, the Consumer Defense Code, as well as the Federal Constitution. Thus, the objective is to analyze the consequences to consumers, in case the bill is eventually sanctioned, as well as if there is an affront to the fundamental precepts listed in the Magna Carta and other legal diplomas, through the inductive method of research supported by the bibliographic collection available. It was concluded that, in addition to confronting the provisions of the Consumer Defense Code, there is also a violation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, as well as the material unconstitutionality of Bill No. 4.148/08, resulting from the affront to articles 5, XIV and XXXII, and 170, V of the Constitution.