Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with schoolchildren as part of the Marathon “New Knowledge” announced the inadmissibility of the widespread use of genetically modified (GMO) products in Russia. According to him, the main thing is that such food does not get to the table to people, transmits TASS.
The main problem, as the head of state told, there is a weak study of remote health effects from the use of such products. In this regard, Russia is not yet ready to go along the way of North America, where they actively grow modified legumes, soybeans, corn, which go to the feed of the cattle, and later its meat falls into the products.
At the same time, Putin indicated that there are no restrictions for working with GMO for scientific purposes. Studying its influence and develop technologies is necessary to apply the obtained developments in medicine, agriculture and other areas of activity.
The ban on the cultivation of GMOs and imports to the country of genetically modified seeds is valid in Russia since 2016. The exception is made for products that have passed the state registration procedure.
Since the beginning of this year, Rosselkhoznadzor also began to prohibit the import into the country of pet food with GMO. The organization of small and medium-sized entrepreneurship “Support Russia” warned that such a situation would lead to the bankruptcy of many enterprises of the industry, and the new limitations contradict the very idea of the ban. The overwhelming part of such products is designed for cats and dogs that do not eat people.
Genetically modified is called the body, changed using genetic engineering methods in this way, which would be impossible in a natural way. The degree of regulation of such organisms varies depending on the country.