China: Revised Cereals Seed Standard Published

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China: Revised Cereals Seed Standard Published
On October 28, 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published a revised “National Standard for Seed of Food Crops – Part 1: Cereals”, which will come into effect on October 1, 2025. The new standard incorporates quality requirements for genetically engineered (GE) corn varieties with herbicide tolerance and insect resistance and modified quality indicators for hybrid rice seeds and conventional corn, wheat, and sorghum seeds. This report provides an unofficial translation of the revised standard which was previously notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on February 12, 2024 as G/TBT/N/CHN/1817.
Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
East Asia and the Pacific, China
Grains, Feeds and Fodders, Coarse Grains (excl. corn), Corn, Rice, Planting Seeds

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