Federal Minister for National Food Security, Tariq Bashir Cheema, stated that the GMO soybeans used to prepare feed for poultry are toxic and cause cancer. Cheema has urged people to stop eating chicken.
The federal minister stated that before 2015, GMO soybeans were not used in the making of poultry feed. The poultry mafia after that went around and imposed taxes on local soybeans, which made genetically modified imported soybeans cheaper and local soybeans more expensive.
Apart from being less nutritious, GMO soybeans also contain significant levels of glyphosate (the herbicide used on Roundup Ready crops) and Aminomethyphosphonicacid (AMPA). AMPA, the chemical compound that glyphosate breaks down to, is even more toxic than glyphosate.
The feed mills, therefore, began importing soybeans and started using them as a cheaper alternative to the local ones. However, non-GMO soybeans have been ordered now that are harmless to health.