Russian News Roundup: Russia's Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision Bureau Sergey Dank Calvert said recently, China from imported Russian rapeseed and rapeseed oil found in genetically modified ingredients.

China-Russia Information Network quoted Russian media Milknews as reported recently: According to the report of the Southern Regional Branch of the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision Service, since the beginning of 2020, officials of the Veterinary and Planting Branch of the region have terminated or suspended 51 compliance declarations for grains and their products. The reason is that the relevant products have not undergone necessary laboratory testing in accordance with the requirements of the technical regulations and safety indicators of the Customs Union TR CU 015/2011 "Cereal Safety". To determine whether there are genetically modified organisms in the product, laboratory testing must be performed on it.

According to reports, 47% of cereal products have not been tested for genetically modified organisms. And according to the technical regulations of TR CU 022/2011 "Food Labeling", manufacturers or manufacturers should mark the content of GMO ingredients in products or carry out non-GMO labeling based on research.

The Director of the Russian Veterinary Plant Bureau stated that there is currently a lack of professional laboratories in Russia that can test products for genetically modified organisms. The lack of this work may lead to the loss of overseas markets. Some time ago, China has notified Russia to export rapeseed and rapeseed oil to China. Genetically modified organisms have been detected in the product, but the Russian Federation has banned the cultivation of genetically modified crops.

At present, the Russian Federal Veterinary Plant Service is investigating and handling the above-mentioned cases.

Chinese rapeseed and rapeseed oil imports mainly come from Canada, and Russia is not the main importer. Judging from the approved list of agricultural genetically modified organisms safety certificates (imports) in the past two years, there are currently 8 genetically modified rapeseed (rapeseed oil) varieties that are valid, and the main applicants are BASF and Monsanto Far East.

Russia announced in 2016 that it would ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops in its territory.

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