Govt Delays Genetically Modified Food Imports

After the National Biosafety Committee sought clearer recommendations from its technical panel, pakistan has deferred decisions on a number of genetically modified (GM) crop applications, including soybean imports, corn biosafety licences and cotton-related cases.

Key points

• The decision was taken during the 38th session of the National Biosafety Committee (NBC) at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination.
• The representative remarked the policy gap had since been addressed through the approval and notification of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Policy 2025.
• The committee discovered that recommendations submitted by the 45th gathering of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) did not provide clear enough conclusions for final decisions.
• Authorities have been informed to proceed under the approved policy, according to the briefing.
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For context, the decision was taken during the 38th session of the National Biosafety Committee (NBC) at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination. Tobacco Farmers Forced to Sell Crop at Lower Rates.

In practice, the committee discovered that recommendations submitted by the 45th gathering of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) did not provide clear enough conclusions for final decisions.

It sent the pending cases back to the TAC for further review and directed it to submit clear recommendations.

Meanwhile, the agenda included approvals for soybean meal imports for food, feed and processing, renewal of biosafety licences for genetically modified corn, and a number of cotton-related applications.

In practice, the committee additionally discussed the hold on the commercialization of genetically modified corn and other biotech food crops.

Meanwhile, a representative of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research remarked the administration had suspended commercialization activities for biotech food crops in 2019 until a comprehensive policy framework was developed.

For context, the representative remarked the policy gap had since been addressed through the approval and notification of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Policy 2025. It establishes a regulatory framework for assessing and commercializing agricultural biotechnology products.

Authorities have been informed to proceed under the approved policy, according to the briefing. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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