Russia officially approved the use of genetically modified food to grow crops

2013/12/13 China Net

china Net, December 11 According to a report on the website of the Russian Communist Youth League Pravda on December 9, Russia officially approved the use of genetically modified foods to grow crops. The government took up the decision in September 2013, but agriculture analyst Oleg Sukhanov is only now taking note of http://news.china.com.cn/live/2013-12/13/content_23872022.htm定。 decision.

Typically, the genes of potato, soybean, corn and sugar beet cells are genetically altered. The yield of genetically modified crops is tripled, so this method of breeding is valuable. The United States has proposed invasive genetics, and local academic institutions have spent a lot of money to prove that genetically modified foods are not harmful. In Russia, professional research on this issue has not yet been carried out.

Polls also show that very few people are loyal to such products. According to the law, whether there is genetically modified food should be indicated on the label in Russia. But producers are reluctant to make a mark, said Andrei Tumanov, vice chairman of the Russian State Duma, because they have never sold such products, but they either do not provide such goods or do it quietly. For example, there is a label of "Bush Leg (nickname for genetically modified chicken leg imported from the United States)" on the large box, but consumers cannot see it because it is not on the retail packaging. But today's products are labeled "non-GMO" on foods that may in principle be genetically modified foods, such as yogurt, in order to promote sales.

Fourteen regions have declared themselves "GM free zones", including Moscow, St. Petersburg and Belgorod. Today, Tumanov said, they have to endorse genetically modified crops, otherwise they will violate the laws of the Russian Federation. He also said that the general trend of genetically modified crops only lies in time. Sooner or later, everyone will change their views on genetically modified crops, because without this breeding method, it will be impossible to bring new varieties. And, in fact, genetically modified foods should be harmless. Gene, it is just a set of numbers, gene code, simply put, with human genes do not affect.

However, prejudice is not so easy to overcome, but it is necessary to know: fertilizers and pesticides are more harmful than genetically modified crops. Genetically modified crops will not be available before autumn 2014 because food has not yet been actually planted and grown.

Tumanov said that because there is no promotion of genetically modified crops, manufacturers will have to make such products extremely cheap in this way to increase customer trust. However, because many people do not believe it even with low prices.

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