(1) When will the three adjoining laboratories at the real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) laboratory facility, needed to screen and quantify Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in food products, be completed; (2) whether the recruitment process for the appointment of qualified staff to make the facilities fully operational has been initiated; if not, why not; if so, (a) when will the staff be appointed, (b) how many staff members will be appointed and (c)(i) for what positions and (ii) what are the minimum requirements of each position; (3) whether the SABS GMO testing facility will be fully operational as planned by the chief executive officer (name furnished) by November 2012; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how was this conclusion reached; (4) what are the reasons for the long delay in the implementation of GMO labelling requirements as specified in the Consumer Protection Act, Act 68 of 2008?