Ministry of Agriculture Says China Is Not in Transgenic Soybean

Recently, Duan Wude, director of the Science and Technology Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, said in an interview that the Monsanto Company in the United States submitted to China in 2002 the application for a safety certificate for the import of soybean GTS40—3—2 as raw materials for processing. The Ministry of Agriculture is based on the Regulations and supporting regulations. The organization researched and confirmed the testing program, and the three environmental safety indicators such as genetic drift, survival competitiveness and impact on biodiversity were tested by the Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Nanjing Agricultural University respectively; The Center for Food and Nutritional Safety examines food safety indicators such as chronic toxicity and anti-nutritional factors.

After the National Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism Safety Committee reviewed all the applications and related domestic inspection results, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a biosafety certificate to Monsanto in 2004 for the import of genetically modified soybean GTS40—3—2 for processing raw materials. According to China's "Regulations", imported GM soybeans are only allowed to be used as raw materials for food and feed processing and must not be used for production and planting. So far China has not planted genetically modified soybeans.

According to the Regulations on the Management of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms, soybean seeds, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, and soybean meal are listed in the first list of agricultural genetically modified organisms for labeling management, and soybean oil using genetically modified soybeans as raw materials must be specially developed. Callouts.

According to Zhu Shuifang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine will carry out genetic identification and conformity testing for imported and exported genetically modified soybean oil.