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As of July 2016, Israel does not have a policy that restricts the use of imported genetically engineered (GE) commodities or derivative products.

Again, this year, Italy’s biotechnology industry is characterized as a dynamic and promising sector, despite the difficult economic situation that biotech companies have to confront on a daily basis

In a July 26, 2016 press briefing, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) reversed its December 2015 decision stopping the field testing, propagation, commercialization, and importation of genetically...

On the 20th of July, President Humala of Peru signed an Executive Decree N° 006-2016-MINAM with a procedure and plan for surveillance and early detection of genetically engineered organisms...

FAS/Astana forecasts Kazakhstan’s wheat production in MY 2016/17 at 13.0 MMT, at the same level as in the previous estimate and significantly down from the record 22.7 MMT in 2011.

Turkey published Biosafety Law and it’s implementing Regulations in 2010.

Turkey published Biosafety Law and it’s implementing Regulations in 2010.

Canadian authorities have recently approved two genetically engineered products for both human consumption and animal feed use.

In Taiwan, soy sauces increasingly feature labels claiming a variety of production methods such as “non-genetically engineered” (non-GE), “pure fermentation,” and “organic.”

The JDC is expected to be implemented on or after April 14, 2016, and experts anticipate the JDC to provide more consideration to socio-economic issues and environmental impacts in risk assessment...

In 2013, the Bangladesh Standards Testing Institute published a guideline to assess the food safety of products derived from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

On May 15, 2014, the Ministry of Science and Technology gazetted the Work Plan for the National Biotechnology Policy 2012.