Peru Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014
President Humala on December 9, 2011, approved Law 29,811 establishing a ten-year moratorium on genetically modified organisms. The law designates the Ministry of Environment as the lead agency responsible for biotechnology. The ministry opposes biotechnology. The moratorium however contemplates three exceptions: 1) laboratory research; 2) use in pharmaceuticals and veterinary products; and 3) use in food, animal feed and in food processing. The latter of these are required to go through a still undefined risk assessment process. Biotechnology remains largely misunderstood by the general public. Anti-biotechnology groups are well-organized.
