Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Union Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation must take cognisance of the impact of genetically modified (GM) food. The Central Government must immediately stop all release of GM crops for open field trials and commercial use. The Union Ministry of Health should take the requisite steps to stop the release of genetically modified organisms into the nation’s food chain, including effective ban on it and mandatory labelling of imported processed food items. Resolutions to this effect were adopted at a seminar on ’Genetically modified food and seed – an achievement or a threat’ organised here recently by Indian Medical Association and South Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE).