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The African Centre for Biosafety has today released its new study titled, ”How much glyphosate is on your dinner plate? SA's food safety compromised by lack of testing.” This study highlights numerous risks posed by the herbicide glyphosate to human and animal health as well as worrying regulatory failures, particularly in relation to the monitoring, inspection and testing of food for glyphosate residues. South Africans consume glyphosate ridden food on a daily basis: currently, 77% of maize grown in South Africa is genetically modified and of this 54% (about 1 million hectares) is modified to be glyphosate tolerant. Soya products on our market suffer the same fate: all of the GM soya planted in South Africa is tolerant to glyphosate, planted on 480 000 ha.