As a national corn seed production base, Gansu Province attaches great importance to genetically modified organisms safety supervision, and constantly improve the system, strengthen supervision. Provincial Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Office recently issued "on the further strengthening of genetically modified organisms safety supervision notice", a total ban on production and distribution of genetically modified corn seeds, seed production base in the province to ensure food production and security.
"Notice" requirement, before the spring, the relevant municipal departments to agricultural seed companies in 2016 for the production of parent seed sampling, seed Provincial Administration were sent to detect genetically modified organisms, so that the parent maize seed full coverage of sampling; in critical period of maize seed, the sampling of maize seed production base Zhangye, Wuwei and other six cities, to prevent the production of transgenic seed behavior occur from the source to ensure that national corn seed production base security; participating in regional trials of corn, canola, soybean The main varieties of wheat and other crops, genetically modified organisms were detected provincial seed Authority, once discovered, dealt with severely and immediately terminate the test in accordance with the relevant provisions.
Meanwhile, the province's agricultural departments at all levels will be the seed market and the seed business store sales of corn, wheat and rapeseed varieties comprehensive sampling of seed samples taken were genetically modified varieties of authenticity identification and detection, and resolutely put an end to genetically modified seeds into the field planting. In the seed harvesting, processing season, supervision enterprises seed production, processing, packaging the entire process of extracting the processing line are processed, packed, or sale of seed samples, conduct quality testing, identification and authenticity varieties genetically modified to detect, prevent GM crops seed posing as non-transgenic crop seed marketed. Corn big city, county random sampling to commercial corn field corn or grain market acquisitions, were genetically modified to detect, prevent illicit cultivation of GM crops sales. Strictly in accordance with laws, regulations, rules and regulations, GM R & D lab and a comprehensive safety evaluation tests, dynamic supervision, and resolutely put an end to random distribution of R & D units, transfer, diffusion behavior of genetically modified material.
"Notice" stressed that the agricultural departments at all levels should take the initiative to strengthen communication and coordination with the public security, industry and commerce and other relevant departments, so early detection, early control, early disposal and report to the higher administrative department of agriculture. Country to crack down on illegal GMOs trials, seed production, sales, cultivation and other acts, major cases to identify the body, identify those responsible, according to the law dealt with severely.