Safety certificates of five agricultural genetically modified strains issued in the first batch in China

Introduction: new page 1 from February 23, the Ministry of Agriculture began to accept the application for agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificate (import) from overseas traders and the application for xwv from domestic importers The Ministry of Agriculture announced the safety approval of the first batch of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms in 2004, and a total of 5 agricultural genetically modified strains applied by Monsanto Company of the United States obtained safety certificates Xwv According to the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety management office of the Ministry of agriculture, since the implementation of the three supporting regulations of the regulations on the safety management of agricultural genetically modified organisms on March 20, 2002, the office has received 18 applications for the safety certificate of agricultural genetically modified organisms imported for processing materials from 5 overseas research and development companies, including Monsanto, DuPont and Dow Yinong of the United States, Bayer of Germany, Syngenta of Switzerland, etc, Among them, 1 is genetically modified soybean, 8 is genetically modified corn, 7 is genetically modified rape and 2 is genetically modified cotton The countries of origin mainly include the United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina At present, 7 of the 18 transgenic product lines have completed environmental safety and food safety testing, and the remaining 11 are about to complete technical testing The Ministry of Agriculture organized the national agricultural genetically modified organisms safety committee to evaluate the safety of seven genetically modified crop lines that have completed the environmental safety test and food safety test Among them, five lines applied by Monsanto Company, i.e gst40-3-2, ga21, MON810, 531 and 1445, have passed the safety evaluation and obtained the safety certificate In addition, 11 transgenic lines (including 7 transgenic canola and 4 transgenic corn) applied by DuPont, Dow Yinong, Bayer, Switzerland Syngenta and other companies in the United States failed to complete the safety inspection on schedule due to the late time of providing test materials by foreign companies The office has taken measures to speed up the progress of testing Xwv further learned that since February 23, the Ministry of agriculture has begun to accept the application for agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificate (import) from overseas traders and the application for agricultural genetically modified organisms identification review and approval document from domestic importers Overseas companies engaged in agricultural genetically modified organisms trade can apply for each batch of import safety certificate with the copy of safety certificate and relevant materials obtained by overseas R & D providers according to the above safety evaluation and approval Xwv