Over the last few years in the Ukraine the policy concerning GMOs has been tightened, back in 2007 about 50 percent of products in the Ukraine market contained a GMO, while in 2008 this number had reduced to eight percent. Now in the Ukraine only five percent of all products contain GMOs, said Vladimir Semenovich, director of Ukrainian experimental food research center at a recent press conference.
Ukraine, however, continues to struggle against the GM-production, and in accordance with new rules regulating product labeling, it is planning to abandon the current definition of products containing GMO as products where the proportion of GMO exceeds 0.9 percent. The US and Canada strongly oppose the new definition one reason for this is the effect that the new rules will have on export of products. Read more ...
Ukraine, however, continues to struggle against the GM-production, and in accordance with new rules regulating product labeling, it is planning to abandon the current definition of products containing GMO as products where the proportion of GMO exceeds 0.9 percent. The US and Canada strongly oppose the new definition one reason for this is the effect that the new rules will have on export of products. Read more ...
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