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On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of the Government of Japan (GOJ) held its first review committee meeting for the labeling of food....

On Monday, May 8, 2017, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) launched a public consultation on a draft guidance document on the risk assessment of genetically engineered (GE) plant material....

The Canadian Government has responded to a report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and AgriFood entitled, “Genetically Modified Animals for Human Consumption.”

China is one of the largest producers of biotech cotton in the world. It is also the world’s largest importer of biotech crops, but it has not yet approved any major biotech food crops for cultivation

Argentina continues to be the third largest producer of biotech crops after the United States and Brazil, producing 14 percent of the world´s total biotech crops.

On September 7, 2014 the former Minister of Agriculture Dr. Adel El Beltagy issued Ministerial Decree # 1495 to reestablish the National Biosafety Committee (NBC).

Under Taiwan’s Feed Control Act all genetically engineered products for animal feed use are now required to register with Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture for premarket approvals by February 4, 2017.

The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety just added another chapter by defending its previous stance that ODM and CRISPR should not fall under GMO regulations.

Seed companies have not objected to Germany for applying the “opt out” regulation for biotech corn varieties.