China AQSIQ Deputy Director General Lu Chunming announced at a news conference that at the end of June 16 this year, the national import & export inspection and quarantine agencies have inspected MIR162 genetically modified organisms in the 1.252 million tons of imported maize and their by-products from United States. The inspection and quarantine agencies have returned the products in accordance with law.
He said the AQSIQ requires inspection and quarantine departments at every port to continue to strengthen quality control, once they detected unapproved genetically modified agricultural products in the entry, they shall return or destroy the products.
Meanwhile, AQSIQ reminds import enterprises that they should protect their own interests in accordance with the relevant law. They need make sure that the contract should clearly stipulate that the imported corn and corn liquor shall comply with Chinese laws and regulations compliance. Once the imported products detected to consist the transgenic ingredients without the approval of China laws, the import enterprises should actively cooperate with the inspection and quarantine agencies to do the follow-up work.
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