The Ministry of Agriculture issues the first batch of safety certificates for imported genetically modified agricultural products

Introduction: Recently, the reporter learned from the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety office of the Ministry of agriculture that on February 23, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the first batch of genetically modified organisms safety certificates including genetically modified Nongda resistant soybeans, which were imported for processing raw materials, to Monsanto Company of the United States From now on, foreign trade traders can provide the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificate of the Ministry of agriculture with the copy of the safety certificate provided by the R & D provider Application of General Management Office Recently, the reporter learned from the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety office of the Ministry of agriculture that on February 23, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the first batch of genetically modified organisms safety certificates including genetically modified Nongda resistant soybeans, which were imported for processing raw materials, to Monsanto Company of the United States From now on, foreign trade traders can provide the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificate of the Ministry of agriculture with the copy of the safety certificate provided by the R & D provider The general administration office applies for the safety certificate of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms, and the importer can also apply for the approval document of agricultural genetically modified organisms identification review This means that by April 20, before the termination of China's temporary measures for the safety management of genetically modified agricultural products, traders will have enough time to apply for import safety certificate and go through relevant formalities At present, China's temporary measures for the import of genetically modified agricultural products begin to transition to normal management Syt as early as May 23, 2001, the State Council issued the regulations on the safety management of agricultural genetically modified organisms On January 5, 2002, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the administrative measures for the safety evaluation of agricultural genetically modified organisms, the administrative measures for the import safety of agricultural genetically modified organisms and the administrative measures for the identification of agricultural genetically modified organisms According to the regulations and supporting regulations, if an overseas company exports agricultural genetically modified organisms to China for processing raw materials, the overseas R & D provider shall first apply, and the Ministry of Agriculture shall issue the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificate after passing the inspection and safety evaluation SyT According to relevant persons from the Ministry of agriculture, after the implementation of the three supporting regulations on March 20, 2002, the Ministry of agriculture has successively 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, Bayer, Germany, Syngenta, Switzerland, etc of the United States, varieties of genetically modified soybeans, corn, rape, cotton, and the main involved The country of origin includes the United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina Fang Xiangdong, deputy director of the agricultural genetically modified organisms safety management office, introduced that in order to verify the safety of genetically modified food, the Ministry of agriculture has sent an expert group to conduct safety assessment experiments on the genetically modified agricultural products of Monsanto Company since 2002 The demonstration process is very long, including laboratory tests and food safety tests of many projects The safety certificate issued to Monsanto Company shows that under the existing technical conditions, according to the relevant provisions of the state, the genetically modified product is safe But she also said that at present, there are different views on the safety of genetically modified agricultural products at home and abroad During the period of safety testing and safety evaluation, in order to make the trade of genetically modified agricultural products go on normally, the Ministry of Agriculture issued and twice extended the temporary measures for safety management of genetically modified agricultural products, that is, overseas traders can export genetically modified agricultural products to China by applying for "temporary certificate" on the basis of applying for import safety certificate from R & D providers Syt understands that at present, 7 of the 18 GMOs accepted by the Ministry of agriculture have completed the relevant tests, and the remaining 11 are about to complete the tests At present, there are different opinions on the issue of safety certificate in China This is another major policy trend after three extensions of China's transgenic policy Syt is the most sensitive of the first five agricultural transgenic lines approved for import as processing materials Syt's normal management of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms and the release of the safety approval of the first batch of imported agricultural genetically modified organisms did not depress the soybean price in Dalian, because the current international price of genetically modified soybeans is far higher than that of domestic non genetically modified soybeans Some professionals have analyzed that in the future, Liandou will show a trend of near strong and far weak, and it is estimated that in the short term, Liandou is unlikely to be affected by its strong shock finishing This is because the impact of domestic avian influenza is gradually disappearing, soybean meal contract performance is strong in the near future, and continues to report to Changyang The bull market features obvious, and the short-term price will still run in the high price area Syt is glad that not only Monsanto, but also domestic traders are happy with the implementation of the formal measures The turnover inventory of both oil companies and feed companies will be greatly reduced Due to the decrease of turnover inventory, the fluctuation of soybean and soybean meal will be more frequent, but the fluctuation range will be greatly reduced Syt and domestic soybean processing enterprises call for the state to improve the "gold content" of domestic non trans soybean through the transgenic marking system Under the condition of open economy, we give consumers the right to know and the right to choose mainly through the genetically modified labeling system, which not only conforms to the international practice, but also can protect the development of domestic non genetically modified soybean industry Although agricultural experts believe that channel normalization is not necessarily related to the import volume of soybean and other products, genetically modified soybean in the United States has always been favored by domestic oil extraction enterprises because of its neat quality and suitability for oil extraction "If these enterprises import more, it will put pressure on soybean farmers in the northeast and North China." 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