世界卫生组织和联合国粮农组织２００１年７月１２日联合宣布，联合国食品法典委员会已制订了世界上评估转基因食品是否符合健康标准的首批原则。于２００１年７月２～９日在日内瓦召开２４届大会的食品法典委员会决定，转基因食品在推向市场前，其卫生标准必须经过政府的检验 WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization jointly announced on July 12, 2001 that the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission has formulated the first set of principles in the world to assess the conformity of GM foods to health standards. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, which convened its 24th session in Geneva on July 2-9, 2001, decided that before the GMO products were introduced to the market, their health standards must be tested by the government