On December 22, 2016, Japan’s Cabinet approved a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) proposal to permit soybean meal, coconut oil meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed oil meal...
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Burma: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Myanmar does not have a biosafety framework to track genetically engineered food or animal products.
This report provides an unofficial translation of Decision 5463/QD-BNN-PC, dated December 28, 2016 of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Pakistan: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Pakistan is making progress towards approving and implementing the regulations that will modernize its seed and biotechnology regulatory systems.
Canada has published revisions to the original draft of the Low-Level Presence of Genetically Modified Crops and Imports policy based on industry feedback and is seeking comment on these changes.
On March 14, 2015, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment announced a fine structure for any company in non-compliance with the 10 year moratorium on genetically modified organisms.