The standard of non-base modified products will be strict.
The standard of non-base modified products will be strict.
The Consumer Foundation tested 12 pieces of non-GM soybeans, corn and related products, and the modified ingredients did not exceed the prescribed 5%, but higher than the 1% standard in many countries, and urged the European Union to revise it to 0.9%, and all items were marked.
Wang Yu-wen, an assistant professor in the Department of Agronomy at National Taiwan University and a member of the Food Committee of the Consumer Foundation, points out that because humans use too many pesticides, the United States began to develop genetically modified crops with insect-resistant or grass-resistant genes. Since about 1987, there have been genetically modified crops in the world. However, whenever insect-resistant or herbicide-resistant genes are implanted, they have reproductive toxicity and reduce biological fecundity.
Chen Zhiyi, director of the Consumer Foundation, said that according to statistics, soybeans, corn and cotton are the largest genetically modified crops in the world; the top five acreage are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and India; in 2012, 81% of soybeans, 35% of corn and 81% of cotton were genetically modified crops.
Wang Yu-wen said that in 1990, Taiwan stipulated that using soybeans and corn as raw materials, accounting for more than 5% of the total weight of the final product, should be marked with the words "genetic modification" or "containing genetic modification." but the 5% standard is limited by the testing technology at that time. It can be more accurate now.
Chen Zhiyi said that the Consumer Foundation found that the mandatory labelling standards for GM foods in Japan, Canada, Thailand and Japan, like Taiwan, are 5% of the total weight of the final product; in fact, the standards in many countries have been set at about 1%. For example, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the European Union and 0.9%, Sri Lanka 0.5% The Consumer Foundation called on the Ministry of Health and Welfare to revise the standard to 0.9% in line with the European Union.
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