2014-06-24 | permalink

FAO Study Reveals Increase in GMO food and feed Trade Incidents

The results of a recent U.N. Food and Agriculture (FAO) survey on genetically modified crops in international trade, reveals that trace amounts of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are being detected with increasing regularity. The survey, conducted between February 2013 to June 2013, collected responses from 75 country officials. Participants were asked questions relating to internal GMO crop production, how GMO crops were labeled, and whether countries had domestic capacities to detect GMO crops. Because there is no international agreement or consensus for what qualifies as “low level,” as it relates to GMO crop presence, the survey notes, “the data may not perfectly correspond to the actual events monitored elsewhere.” Among the 75 FAO member countries that participated in the survey, there is a variety of GMO monitoring protocols.

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