Japan eases restrictions on GM regulations

Introduction: Japan's Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries plans to allow livestock feed containing no more than 1% of the unlicensed genetically modified agricultural products to be sold on the market, the relevant departments reported on Monday The new regulations will come into effect at the beginning of next year The province determined that it would be difficult to completely exclude unauthorized genetically modified food or other agricultural products as livestock feed due to the increasing use of genetically modified food In order to set restrictions, the province aims to import agricultural products smoothly, which will be the first time that the Japanese government has made special restrictions on unauthorized genetically modified food as livestock feed The province is currently considering the same restrictions on snacks and other foods Up to now, Japan has agreed to use 29 varieties of genetically modified agricultural products of 5 different categories as feed In the United States, this use is almost 2 times that in Japan The United States is the largest feed exporter to the sun The strict implementation of Japanese Regulations has led to the instability of corn supply, whether for domestic feed industry or food companies, since the discovery of Starlink genetically modified corn The genetically modified product is approved for use in the United States, but not in Japan In order to ensure that tests with a 1% content of GM products are carried out by the private sector, the government will carry out sample tests if necessary The European Union has said it plans to allow the use of 1% of its unapproved genetically modified agricultural products in feed.