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The Government of Bolivia approved two new genetically engineered events for soybeans in April 2019.

On April 9, 2019, the General Administration of China Customs (GACC) published revised “Administrative Measures for the Inspection and Quarantine of Entry-Exit Genetically Modified Products.”

The Food Safety Commission (FSC) of the Government of Japan (GOJ) held its 187th Genetically Modified Foods Expert Committee to discuss procedures for the safety review of genetically engineered....

The Philippines is a regional biotechnology leader and a model for science-based GE regulatory policy.

On August 19, 2015 a Mexican federal judge from the XII District Court overturned a 2013 ruling that had prevented biotechnology companies, universities, or public research institutes from planting...

Despite a protracted legal suit against the release into the environment and commercialization of GE products on the Ghanaian market, positive strides have been notched.

Legislation to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity system, simplify and streamline regulation and increase flexibility in how biosecurity risk is managed received royal assent on June 16, 2015...

Jordan’s biotechnology draft biosafety law based on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which among other issues mandates the labeling of biotech products, has yet to be approved since its drafting..

While several proposals to expand biotech labeling are still pending in the National Assembly, MFDS announced its plan in early 2015 to expand mandatory biotech labeling to include all products...

In CY2014, Taiwan was the seventh largest export market for U.S. food and agricultural products, of which genetically engineered (GE) bulk and intermediate commodity accounted for nearly 40 percent...

Mexico continues to send mixed signals regarding its stance toward acceptance of biotechnology.

Agricultural biotechnology continues to face challenges in Costa Rica.