The Ministry of Agriculture's recent issuance of production and application safety certificates for two transgenic rice lines has added to the unease about GM food security issues.
This process is very secretive: When a foreign news agency first discovered the news, it was placed on a "almost rarely updated" professional website and was mixed with the "2009 Second Batch of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms Safety Certification List". Even the staff of Greenpeace who had a look almost every day did not notice.
The safety certificate is issued by the department, which is called the Ministry of Agriculture's Agricultural GMO Safety Management Office. The certificate of the transgenic rice "Huahui 1" and the hybrid "Bt Shanyou 63" were obtained from the State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement at Huazhong Agricultural University. The certificate is effective from August 17, 2009 and is valid for five years. Based on this, the two rice strains will be able to grow in scale in Hubei Province.
For the issuance of safety certificates, the Ministry of Agriculture only provided a short written reply. According to this reply, the issuance of the certificate is "a five-year safety evaluation after rigorous experimental studies, intermediate tests, environmental releases, production tests, and application for production and application safety certificates, based on the evaluation results of the Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism Safety Committee." Decision.
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This reply made ordinary people start to pay attention to the sound professional organization of the "Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism Safety Committee."
There is a lot of evidence that this committee is important. According to statistics, its establishment is based on the "Regulations on the Administration of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms", and its constituents are experts in the fields of research, production, processing, inspection and quarantine, health and environmental protection of agricultural genetically modified organisms. year. In the previous general election, Xinhua News Agency had issued news specifically for this.
However, people soon discovered that this huge institution with dozens of members is hardly accessible to ordinary people. Although many people tried hard to find their membership, the Internet was filled with various questions and inquiries, but none of them produced results. Even at the earliest time this institution was established, it was difficult for the outside world to find out.
Jiang Gaoming, chief researcher of the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, believes that the role of the committee as a final link before the issuance of a safety certificate for genetically modified crops is not to be overlooked. This certificate is the most difficult pass before the listing of genetically modified crops. If anyone can There is no problem in guaranteeing genetically modified foods. Then "we request to publish a list of these experts."
The request was ignored. Jiang felt that all this was a "black box operation." He believes that this shows that the relevant people "have no end in themselves" for genetically modified rice.
Greenpeace staff spent a lot of time searching for information on this committee. In the end, they only found a news on the campus network of China Agricultural University, revealing that the five researchers of the university were hired as members of the third Biosafety Committee.
Fang Lifeng, an official with Greenpeace responsible for agricultural projects, feels that the whole community related to genetic modification has been lost. This loss of voice has become the focus of people's doubts.
As a private institution, Greenpeace has been strongly opposed to the cultivation of genetically modified food crops. “We have always hoped that this information concerning the safety of people's lives should be made public, and even if people cannot make decisions, they should at least have the right to information.†The organization explained its position in this way.
Compared with the activism of civil society organizations, the government agencies and researchers involved are extremely low-key.
Jiang Gaoming is one of the few experts who are willing to make public statements. His research field has nothing to do with genetic engineering technology. It is ecological agriculture. Jiang Gaoming feels a bit embarrassed, because those who should be more deserving of their position are “too quietâ€.
“Since the issue of the safety of genetically modified foods is still in dispute, the approval of genetically modified rice should be transparent at least.†He called for several times through blogs and articles. However, he did not receive any feedback, whether it was agreed or opposed.
In fact, after the media repeatedly repeated various queries, the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture said on the phone: “Now, major media, subordinate media, and local media are no longer hyping this matter.â€
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