Russia restricts the import of genetically modified feed from October 1

Introduction: Moscow, July 9: Sergei dankvert, the first deputy minister of the Russian Ministry of agriculture, said on Tuesday that Russia would restrict the import of animal feed containing genetically modified ingredients from October From October 1, he told reporters, Russia will only import those registered products The Russian government has issued a regulation that will take effect on October 1, authorizing the Ministry of agriculture to issue a registration certificate to those feeds containing genetically modified ingredients, which is also equivalent to an import license Dankvert said the Ministry of Agriculture plans to issue detailed rules for the registration of genetically modified feed within one month He expects that feeds containing both registered GM ingredients and unregistered ingredients will encounter some complex problems Some countries allow a shipment to contain different genetically modified ingredients, but suppliers will be required to import only those products registered in Russia He did not specify which exporting countries might be affected by the new regulation But one analyst said the restrictions could have an impact on soybean products in the US, Brazil and Argentina According to Andre chernieshov, head of analysis at Russian agricultural capital, he expects Russia to import 570000 tons of soybean meal and cake in the 2001 / 02 market year (October September) The company is also the main food processing and animal feed manufacturer in Russia The number is huge, and restrictions could have a negative impact on feed producers and animal farms in Russia But the new rules will have little impact on another genetically modified feed material, corn produced in the United States On the one hand, the United States exports very little corn to Russia relative to the total output Russia, on the other hand, is easy to find alternatives from Ukraine or Hungary He estimates that Russia will import up to 200000 tons of corn from the United States this year.