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On May 23, 2019, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of the Government of Japan (GOJ) held its first public meeting to study how products derived from genome editing technology could be labeled.

Japan’s revised GE labeling system is expected to become effective Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) 2023 (April 1, 2023).

Nigeria approves in January 2019, the commercial release of Pod-Borer Resistant Cowpea (PBRCowpea) event AAT709A. It also approves Bt. Cotton for commercialization....

This report complements the FAIRS Country Report. The report specifically provides information on Government of Tanzania (GoT) required certificates for exporting food and agricultural products....

This report provides the latest status of consumption, regulation, public perception, research, development and production of genetically engineered crops in Japan.

In June 2014, FAS Bucharest and AgroBiotechRom Association, the voice of the biotech industry in Romania, organized another successful biotech outreach activity.

FAS Berlin hosted a roundtable discussion on sustainability of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries with participants from both sides of the Atlantic at the U.S. Embassy Berlin on October 30, 2014.

The German seed company KWS is starting a new biotech research center in Missouri.

The bill amending Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act has cleared the first step of the legislative process.

On August 7, 2014, Taiwan’s Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA) of Council of Agriculture (COA) began screening for genetically engineered (GE) materials in organic soybeans.

Turkey's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock requires a government attestation that imports of enzymes and microorganisms are not obtained from genetic engineering.

Honduras allows commercial production and field trials of genetically engineered (GE) crops.