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In April, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced the “Proposed Amendments to the Implementation Regulations on Safety Assessment of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms” for comments.

Croatia is a net food importer and the government policy is geared towards raising agricultural productivity and, to a lesser extent, controlling imports.

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants is widespread, there is no commercial GE crop production, the government has banned the planting of some EU-approved GE crops...

The Senate Agriculture Committee passed the amendments to Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act.

The Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVLH) has adopted a position paper on the feeding of livestock.

Turkish Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association (Besd-Bir) submitted dossiers to the Biosafety Board to request the approval for dozens of genetically engineered traits for feed use only.

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) have rejected the objection against its decision to not classify an herbicide-resistant rapeseed as GE.

On May 11, 2015, The Turkish Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association (Besd-Bir) submitted dossiers to the Biosafety Board to request approval for 38 genetically engineered traits for feed use.

On May 29, 2015, Taiwan health authorities published the final version of labeling requirements for products containing genetically engineered (GE) inputs, implementation beginning July 1, 2015.

Government Lifted Wheat Export Duty . . . EAEU, Vietnam Sign Free Trade Agreement . . . New Deputy Minister of Agriculture Appointed . . .

The German Parliaments has unanimously voted against the cloning of animals on May 8. 2015.

The international conference “GMO-free Europe – Future Opportunities and Challenges” took place in Berlin May 6-8, 2015.