Russia clamps down on GM animal feed, banning imports from around the globe
by: Daniel Barker
NaturalNews.com
Friday, July 29, 2016
Russian authorities have announced a limit on GMO animal feed imports as the country continues taking steps towards becoming GMO-free.
The Russian food safety regulatory agency Rosselkhoznadzor made the announcement on July 21 that animal feed that is either fully GMO or that contains a high percentage of GMOs would no longer be permitted to be imported into the country.
This latest announcement follows on the heels of a complete ban on GM crop cultivation and GM animal breeding that was signed into law in June by President Vladimir Putin.
Although the ban on GMO animal feed will not be a complete one, restrictions have already begun to limit some imports of feeds containing high percentages of GMOs.
From Sustainable Pulse:
“On July 15 the Rosselkhoznadzor put a temporary ban on imports from the Ukrainian company Katerynopil Elevator due to a large percentage of GMOs being discovered in imported chicken feed. From July 29 Russia will also introduce temporary bans on imports from a number of Brazilian, Chinese, Argentinian and German trading companies, due to the large percentage of GMOs in their animal feed products.”
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