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On October 11, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) events.

On May 8, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) and gene-edited events.

On January 18, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) events. The announcement includes one renewed and two new biosafety...

On January 4, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) published a revised “General Directive for Labeling of Agricultural Seeds (Draft for Comments).” The revised draft directive expands label content, requires a description of...

On October 17, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) events. The announcement follows the conclusion of the National Biosafety...

On October 17, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) published the revised "Administrative Measures on Labeling Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (Draft for Comments)." Significant updates in the revised draft...

On April 28, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for domestic cultivation and production of 113 genetically engineered (GE) events and the first ever biosafety certificate for a gene-edited event.

On January 13, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) published a finalized updated “Guideline for Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants.”

On January 11, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) issued biosafety certificates for imports of two new traits along with the renewal of three others.

During 2015, on the backdrop of continuous food scandals and rising consumer concerns, Chinese food regulators continued the onerous task of regaining consumer’s trust by revamping China’s Food Safety

In April, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced the “Proposed Amendments to the Implementation Regulations on Safety Assessment of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms” for comments.

Production of distillers dried grains (DDG) has soared in recent years as ethanol production has grown.