Russia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual
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On January 29, 2018, the Government of the Russian Federation issued Resolution No. 81 “On Amending the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 839 of September 23, 2013.” The amendment “grand-fathered” registrations of feeds that were launched prior to July 1, 2017, waiving prior registration of each GE organism for such feeds. Russia continues the ban on cultivation and breeding of genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals in the Russian Federation per Federal Law No. 358-FZ of July 3, 2016. While imports of registered GE products are permitted, currently there are no methodological guidelines for registering GE events for feed use as well as for stacked events, making it impossible for those events to be registered and in some cases preventing their import. There is a mechanism for registration of GE products for food use.
