April 14, 2010: Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, has discovered GM rice seeds that are illegally sold on the seed markets in Hunan and Hubei, the most important rice growing areas in China. Greenpeace urgently urged the local government to immediately conduct a thorough investigation, recover all illegal rice varieties of GM in the farmer's hands in the field and in the market, and trace back the source of leakage of GM rice seeds and add the perpetrators' legal responsibilities.
“This discovery is surprising. The Ministry of Agriculture has more than once indicated that China does not currently allow the commercial cultivation and production of any genetically modified rice, but illegal GM rice varieties are being sold to farmers and have been or are about to be sown.†Wang Weikang, director of the Greenpeace Agriculture and Food Program, said: “Obviously, there was a leak from a laboratory to a key link between the seed market. This shows that there are serious regulatory loopholes in the process of commercial approval of GM crops in China. We call for The Ministry of Agriculture immediately suspended the commercialization of any genetically modified rice and strengthened the safety monitoring system for genetically modified organisms."
China Greenpeace's "Report on Investigation of GM Rice, Rice Products and Genetically Modified Rice in the Circulation Field in China's Nine Areas" also revealed that the illegal GM rice and rice flour have entered the markets of Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and Hubei provinces. From July 2009 to February 2010, Greenpeace collected 43 samples of rice and 37 rice noodles in nine regions including Guangdong, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hainan and Hong Kong and sent them to them. To an independent third-party testing agency for testing genetically modified components. The results showed that four rice samples from Hubei, Hunan and Fujian, and three rice flour samples from Guangdong contained genetically modified components.
Wang Weikang said: "Guangdong and Fujian provinces are regions with large consumption of rice and rice products. The genetically modified rice products that appear here are likely to originate from the illegal GM rice in Hubei and Hubei. When these rice or rice flour is eaten, these four provinces The innocent consumers have already been genetically modified. Now it is the planting season in the two lakes. More areas of pollution are on the verge of explosion. The local authorities need to immediately mobilize all forces to prevent any genetically modified rice from entering the farmland, eliminating its environmental and economic benefits. Further hazards. The government departments in Guangdong and Fujian Province also need to immediately conduct a comprehensive inspection of the rice and rice products on the market to ensure that all illegal transgenic products are taken off the shelf to protect the health of consumers."
The survey also shows that the current market for genetically modified rice varieties may originate from Huazhong Agricultural University. This is not the first time that the team of Zhang Huai of Huazhong Agricultural University suspected of illegally producing and planting GM rice. As early as in 2005, Greenpeace had found illegal rice varieties of genetically modified rice on the Hubei market. The Hubei Agricultural Department immediately launched an investigation and issued a statement stating that some companies had the behavior of “expanding seed production without authorization†in the experimental process. The chief executive of a company named Zhang Zhangchi.
“These scientists are not only creating the 'facted facts' that GM rice has been planted, placing the agricultural authorities in a passive and embarrassing position, increasing the difficulty of managing GM rice according to law, but also putting the public’s table and health as well as our country’s Food security is in danger," Wang Weikang said.
Greenpeace called on the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China to immediately suspend the commercialization of any GM rice, and instructed Hunan, Hubei, and other local agricultural departments to strictly investigate and destroy all GM rice varieties and plantings that may have occurred. Since the phenomenon of transgene illegality has already appeared in all links such as seeds, rice and rice products, China urgently needs to set up a team consisting of different departments such as agriculture, industry and commerce, environmental protection, and health and health to conduct comprehensive investigations and supervision. Wang Weikang said: "For the repeated occurrence of genetic pollution and illegal activities, China must follow the precautionary principle, improve the safety management system of genetically modified organisms, and fully listen to the views of 1.3 billion Chinese public including farmers and consumers at every stage. ."
“This discovery is surprising. The Ministry of Agriculture has more than once indicated that China does not currently allow the commercial cultivation and production of any genetically modified rice, but illegal GM rice varieties are being sold to farmers and have been or are about to be sown.†Wang Weikang, director of the Greenpeace Agriculture and Food Program, said: “Obviously, there was a leak from a laboratory to a key link between the seed market. This shows that there are serious regulatory loopholes in the process of commercial approval of GM crops in China. We call for The Ministry of Agriculture immediately suspended the commercialization of any genetically modified rice and strengthened the safety monitoring system for genetically modified organisms."
China Greenpeace's "Report on Investigation of GM Rice, Rice Products and Genetically Modified Rice in the Circulation Field in China's Nine Areas" also revealed that the illegal GM rice and rice flour have entered the markets of Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and Hubei provinces. From July 2009 to February 2010, Greenpeace collected 43 samples of rice and 37 rice noodles in nine regions including Guangdong, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hainan and Hong Kong and sent them to them. To an independent third-party testing agency for testing genetically modified components. The results showed that four rice samples from Hubei, Hunan and Fujian, and three rice flour samples from Guangdong contained genetically modified components.
Wang Weikang said: "Guangdong and Fujian provinces are regions with large consumption of rice and rice products. The genetically modified rice products that appear here are likely to originate from the illegal GM rice in Hubei and Hubei. When these rice or rice flour is eaten, these four provinces The innocent consumers have already been genetically modified. Now it is the planting season in the two lakes. More areas of pollution are on the verge of explosion. The local authorities need to immediately mobilize all forces to prevent any genetically modified rice from entering the farmland, eliminating its environmental and economic benefits. Further hazards. The government departments in Guangdong and Fujian Province also need to immediately conduct a comprehensive inspection of the rice and rice products on the market to ensure that all illegal transgenic products are taken off the shelf to protect the health of consumers."
The survey also shows that the current market for genetically modified rice varieties may originate from Huazhong Agricultural University. This is not the first time that the team of Zhang Huai of Huazhong Agricultural University suspected of illegally producing and planting GM rice. As early as in 2005, Greenpeace had found illegal rice varieties of genetically modified rice on the Hubei market. The Hubei Agricultural Department immediately launched an investigation and issued a statement stating that some companies had the behavior of “expanding seed production without authorization†in the experimental process. The chief executive of a company named Zhang Zhangchi.
“These scientists are not only creating the 'facted facts' that GM rice has been planted, placing the agricultural authorities in a passive and embarrassing position, increasing the difficulty of managing GM rice according to law, but also putting the public’s table and health as well as our country’s Food security is in danger," Wang Weikang said.
Greenpeace called on the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China to immediately suspend the commercialization of any GM rice, and instructed Hunan, Hubei, and other local agricultural departments to strictly investigate and destroy all GM rice varieties and plantings that may have occurred. Since the phenomenon of transgene illegality has already appeared in all links such as seeds, rice and rice products, China urgently needs to set up a team consisting of different departments such as agriculture, industry and commerce, environmental protection, and health and health to conduct comprehensive investigations and supervision. Wang Weikang said: "For the repeated occurrence of genetic pollution and illegal activities, China must follow the precautionary principle, improve the safety management system of genetically modified organisms, and fully listen to the views of 1.3 billion Chinese public including farmers and consumers at every stage. ."
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