Mexican authorities fear cost impact of biotech labeling.(Brief Article)

Mexican authorities are resisting efforts by Greenpeace and other biotechnology opponents to require labeling of food products with transgenic ingredients.

Health officials maintain that there is no health or safety reason for biotech labeling. Nevertheless, agricultural authorities concede that it is necessary to keep track of the type of biotech foods entering the country in order to guard against another StarLink corn contamination incident.

Last year Greenpeace and its allies pressed the Mexican legislature to require biotech labeling. Even through the Greenpeace petition has received support from left-leaning political parties, it has not yet been …