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World map of GMO agriculture (hectares) [1] The regulation of genetic engineering varies widely by country. Countries such as the United States, Canada, Lebanon and Egypt use substantial equivalence as the starting point when assessing safety, while many countries such as those in the European Union, Brazil and China authorize GMO cultivation on a case-by-case basis.
Traceability has become commonplace in the food and feed supply chains of most countries, but GMO traceability is more challenging given strict legal thresholds for unwanted mixing. Since 2001, conventional and organic food and feedstuffs can contain up to 0.9% of authorised modified material without carrying a GMO label.
Bulgaria effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified organisms on 18 March 2010. [ 54 ] In 2010, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia and the Netherlands wrote a joint paper requesting that individual countries should have the right to decide whether to cultivate GM crops.
Ractopamine. Many foreign regions, including Europe, China and Russia, have banned pork from the U.S. because it may contain ractopamine, a drug fed to pigs to make them grow more and grow faster.
As of 2024, the cultivation of genetically engineered crops is banned in 38 countries, while 9 countries have banned their import. [240] Europe grows relatively few genetically engineered crops [241] with the exception of Spain, where one fifth of maize is genetically engineered, [242] and smaller amounts in five other countries. [243]
On January 9, 2014, Maine’s governor signed a bill requiring labeling for foods made with GMO's, with a similar triggering mechanism as Connecticut's bill. [29] In May 2014 Vermont passed a law requiring labeling of food containing ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms. [30] [31] A federal judge ruled Maui's GMO ban invalid ...
Foods we eat every day are packed with ingredients that could carry nasty, and potentially harmful side effects, yet they're allowed in the United States.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German regulator BfArM is considering banning Ozempic exports as Europe's health systems grapple with shortage of the diabetes drug, which is in high demand for its weight ...