Turkey Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014

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Turkey amended its biotechnology regulation in May 2014, defining "contamination" and establishing a 0.9% threshold for approved traits in their approved field of use. The amendment is meant to reduce the liability from importing a product that contains low levels of biotech traits. Turkey's High Court announced a decision in December 2013 to suspend two biotech approvals (MON810 and MON88017xMON810). The court case may not conclude for some time, but products containing these traits will not be allowed to enter and products on the market have been withdrawn. Turkey has not approved any biotech traits for food use, nor are there any applications to approve the use in food.

Turkey Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014

New Technologies
Europe and Eurasia, Turkey

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