Brazil: Genetically modified wheat flour is safe for human and animal health as that produced from conventional grains - official document

Published 2021년 11월 12일

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The National Biosafety Commission of Brazil (CNTBio) has approved the commercialization of flour made from genetically modified (GM) HB4 wheat in the country. The flour is requested to be imported exclusively in food, feed or by-products for drought tolerance and herbicides. This follows the lead of Argentina, which was the first country to authorize a drought-tolerant modified wheat event. The approval is a significant precedent as it validates the food and environmental safety of Bioceres transgenic wheat, a product that has also been approved in Argentina and is under regulatory review in other countries like Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and South Africa.

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After yesterday it was known that the National Biosafety Commission of Brazil (CNTBio) had approved the commercialization in that country of flour made with HB4 wheat, today Friday the official document of that decision was released. Technical provision No. 7795/2021 of the CTNBio indicates that the company Tropical Melhoramento e Genetica SA –associate of Bioceres in Brazil– made the request for authorization for the sale of genetically modified wheat derivatives (flour) for drought tolerance and herbicides, event IND-ØØ412-7, containing the HaHB4 gene from sunflower, to be imported exclusively in food, feed or by-products. “Based on the information presented by the applicant, the statements collected in a public hearing and with experts and data from the scientific bibliography, the CTNBio, in accordance with national regulatory criteria, as well as based on what is internationally accepted for safety analysis from genetically modified food raw materials, concluded that the ...

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