Debate on Commercialized Regulation of Genetically Modified Food

The Chinese government has approved the cultivation of crops such as genetically modified cotton, tomatoes and bell peppers. The commercial approval of staple foods such as corn and rice has been pending.

“The commercialization of Chinese GM corn will soon be approved.” On April 28, the head of a domestic seed company in Beijing expressed optimism.

However, in the process of advancing the commercialization of genetically modified seeds, it is necessary to face patent issues related to genetically modified crops, whether it has an impact on China’s food sovereignty, and these issues require very sophisticated measures for the commercialization of genetically modified organisms.

On May 14, an environmental organization discovered illicitly cultivated genetically modified papaya in a southern province. “According to the regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture, China only allows the cultivation of genetically modified papaya in the Guangdong region,” said Fang Lifeng, director of an international environmental organization food and agricultural project.

This has caused all parties to pay attention to the regulation of genetically modified organisms.

Luo Yunbo, Dean of the College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, believes that the current commercialization of genetically modified organisms is faced with a paradox: “The time for commercialization approval is long and the process is very complicated. Many GM technologies are mature and the products themselves are safe, but because they have not obtained commercial As a result of the approval, the people think it is insecure."

"Chinese style" supervision

Luo Yunbo believes that "China's laws and regulations in the field of genetic modification are relatively sound."

According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Council promulgated the "Regulations on the Safety Management of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") in 2001 according to the general practice of international organizations and most countries in the world.

In 2002, the Ministry of Agriculture issued three supporting regulations, namely, Measures for the Administration of the Evaluation of the Safety of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms, the Measures for the Administration of the Import Safety of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms, and the Administrative Measures for the Labeling of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms.

According to these laws and regulations, China's agricultural genetically modified organisms implement a safety evaluation system, a label management system, a production and operation permit system, and an import safety approval system, and conduct comprehensive supervision over the research, testing, production, processing, operation, and import and export activities of agricultural genetically modified organisms.

In addition, China has also established a national joint meeting system for the safety management of agricultural genetically modified organisms, which is composed of the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, and the State Environmental Protection Administration.

According to the Regulations, the National Commission for the Safety of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms (hereinafter referred to as the "Safety Committee") is responsible for the safety evaluation of agricultural genetically modified organisms in China. According to an expert who was a member of the committee, the main responsibility of the safety committee is to evaluate the safety of genetically modified organisms and then provide advice and advice to decision makers. The members are mostly industry experts, mainly from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Environmental Protection Administration and other departments and research institutes.

"Transgenic management is a case by case, the principle of case analysis, even if the same species in different places, different batches need to be evaluated." Luo Yunbo said.

The general process of transgene commercialization is - laboratory testing. Through laboratory tests, the intermediate trials began after the technology was mature. This link takes place in the field and generally takes about two years. The field management evaluation includes a number of specific regulations such as the specific location, distance to the crowd, area, and isolation.

"There is no problem in the intermediate trials to enter the next environmental release." Luo Yunbo said that the environmental release evaluation needs another two years. In this link experiment can be extended to some areas, but there are many requirements, it must also be carried out in a relatively closed environment.

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