【民生】中国农业部批准进口转基因大豆
根据国家农业转基因生物安全委员会评审结果，农业部批准发放了巴斯夫农化有限公司申请的抗除草剂大豆CV127、孟山都远东有限公司申请的抗虫大豆MON87701和抗虫耐除草剂大豆MON87701×MON89788三个可进口用作加工原料的农业转基因生物安全证书。
据了解，抗除草剂大豆CV127已在美国、加拿大、日本、韩国、澳大利亚、新西兰、菲律宾、墨西哥、哥伦比亚、俄罗斯、南非、巴西、阿根廷等国家批准用于商业化种植或食用。抗虫大豆MON87701已在美国、加拿大、日本、欧盟、墨西哥等国家批准用于商业化种植或食用。抗虫耐除草剂大豆MON87701×MON89788已在欧盟、韩国、墨西哥、阿根廷、巴西、巴拉圭等国家批准用于商业化种植或食用。
China gives approval to GM soybeans
China's agricultural authorities issued biosafety certificates to three new overseas varieties of genetically modified soybeans on Thursday, allowing them to be imported as raw materials for domestic processing.
According to a statement from the country's biosafety committee in charge of agricultural GM organisms, the newly approved GM soybeans included CV127 from German chemical producer BASF and MON87701 and MON87701 x MON89788 from Monsanto Far East Ltd.
The three new varieties of GM soybeans, which fare better against insect attacks and herbicide, have been approved for commercial planting or consumption in many countries, it said.
The news follows Monday's statement from Brazil's agriculture ministry, which said on its website that China had approved imports of three varieties of Brazilian GM soybeans.
Antonio Adrade, Brazil's minister of agriculture, livestock and food supply, participated in the China-Latin America and Caribbean Agricultural Ministers' Forum in Beijing on Sunday and confirmed the information the next day.
Imports of Brazil's genetically modified soybeans to China had previously been discussed by Agricultural Minister Han Changfu and Andrade.
The approved soybeans include RR2 PRO, which is resistant to caterpillars, a main threat to bean crops in Brazil. The other two are CV127 and Liberty Link, which have a better resistance against herbicide.
As of April, Brazil had exported 7,154 million tons of soybeans valued at around $3,797 billion — 5,604 million tons were exported to China.
"This decision is very timely for Brazilian soybean farmers," Andrade said, "because the companies will have a few weeks to expand their plantations."
Huang Dafang, a researcher from the Biotechnology Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said on Thursday that China began to import some varieties of genetically modified agricultural products as early as 2003 or 2004 to satisfy domestic demand.
"At present, besides the United States, a substantial proportion of GM agricultural products such as soybeans and corn have been imported from Brazil and Argentina," he said, without providing specific data.
Local demand is mainly driven by increasing domestic need for fodder and food processing, Huang said.
"Besides meeting domestic needs in terms of quantity, imported GM agricultural products are always better than domestic traditional varieties in terms of quality," he said.
For instance, compared with domestic soybeans, imported GM crops have higher oil and protein content, he said.
据了解，抗除草剂大豆CV127已在美国、加拿大、日本、韩国、澳大利亚、新西兰、菲律宾、墨西哥、哥伦比亚、俄罗斯、南非、巴西、阿根廷等国家批准用于商业化种植或食用。抗虫大豆MON87701已在美国、加拿大、日本、欧盟、墨西哥等国家批准用于商业化种植或食用。抗虫耐除草剂大豆MON87701×MON89788已在欧盟、韩国、墨西哥、阿根廷、巴西、巴拉圭等国家批准用于商业化种植或食用。
China gives approval to GM soybeans
China's agricultural authorities issued biosafety certificates to three new overseas varieties of genetically modified soybeans on Thursday, allowing them to be imported as raw materials for domestic processing.
According to a statement from the country's biosafety committee in charge of agricultural GM organisms, the newly approved GM soybeans included CV127 from German chemical producer BASF and MON87701 and MON87701 x MON89788 from Monsanto Far East Ltd.
The three new varieties of GM soybeans, which fare better against insect attacks and herbicide, have been approved for commercial planting or consumption in many countries, it said.
The news follows Monday's statement from Brazil's agriculture ministry, which said on its website that China had approved imports of three varieties of Brazilian GM soybeans.
Antonio Adrade, Brazil's minister of agriculture, livestock and food supply, participated in the China-Latin America and Caribbean Agricultural Ministers' Forum in Beijing on Sunday and confirmed the information the next day.
Imports of Brazil's genetically modified soybeans to China had previously been discussed by Agricultural Minister Han Changfu and Andrade.
The approved soybeans include RR2 PRO, which is resistant to caterpillars, a main threat to bean crops in Brazil. The other two are CV127 and Liberty Link, which have a better resistance against herbicide.
As of April, Brazil had exported 7,154 million tons of soybeans valued at around $3,797 billion — 5,604 million tons were exported to China.
"This decision is very timely for Brazilian soybean farmers," Andrade said, "because the companies will have a few weeks to expand their plantations."
Huang Dafang, a researcher from the Biotechnology Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said on Thursday that China began to import some varieties of genetically modified agricultural products as early as 2003 or 2004 to satisfy domestic demand.
"At present, besides the United States, a substantial proportion of GM agricultural products such as soybeans and corn have been imported from Brazil and Argentina," he said, without providing specific data.
Local demand is mainly driven by increasing domestic need for fodder and food processing, Huang said.
"Besides meeting domestic needs in terms of quantity, imported GM agricultural products are always better than domestic traditional varieties in terms of quality," he said.
For instance, compared with domestic soybeans, imported GM crops have higher oil and protein content, he said.
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