Requirements reflected in regulation or compliance plans
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Australia / New Zealand
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Requirement not specified in Standard 1.5.2 but FSANZ provides guidance for compliance in it’s industry user guide ‘Labelling Genetically Modified Food’ which advises that certain business processes should be in place. Note the user guide is not legally binding.
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Certification/verification processes may be required in two situations:
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Where the manufacturer is using voluntary negative labelling claims e.g. “non-GM ingredients” or “GM-free”.
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If GM material is found in food at less than 10g/kg and is not positively labelled. Manufacturers need to provide evidence that appropriate steps were taken to source non-GM food and ingredients.
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European Union
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New EU regulation which will come into effect in April 2004.
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Along with the new labelling requirements for foods derived from GM foods, there are also new traceability rules.
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Business operators must transmit and retain information about products that contain or are produced from GM food at each stage of production and distribution line.
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In practice this means a seed seller/farmer/manufacturer etc. has to inform any purchaser that the food is GM, together with more specific information allowing the GM food to be precisely identified. The seed seller is also obliged to keep a register of business operators who have bought the seed.
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Russia
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Russian Federation Food and Agriculture Import regulations and Standards - Decree
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Business operators engaged in the manufacture or distribution of GM food are required to include information on the presence of materials and components made of GM sources in the production and/or transport documents.
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Japan
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Food Sanitation Law
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Links prescribed labelling requirements to where identity preservation systems are in place. Requires that certificates be produced at each stage of handling process to certify an IP system is in place.
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Korea
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Enforcement rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 11 (Import report)
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An importer is required to submit certified documentation to the heads of the regional offices in Korea Food and Drug Administration or local National Quarantine Stations (NQS) when importing foods.
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IP handling certificates or government certificates recognised as having equivalent effect with that of IP handling certificates apply to the types of foods subject to GM food labelling but that do not bear any GM food labels.
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People’s Republic of China
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Regulation on the Safety Administration of Agricultural GMO’s
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Requirement for any organisation engaged in production of GM planting seeds, breeding livestock, poultry or fish fry to keep production records, which indicate the place of production, gene, genetic source and method.
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No requirements evident
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United States, Canada, Philippines
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Voluntary labelling regime in place and no regulation regarding traceability.
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Singapore
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No regulation in place. Information available to this review does not indicate whether there are requirements regarding the traceability of GM foods.
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Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Thailand
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Mandatory labelling regime in place but the information available to this review does not indicate whether there are requirements regarding traceability of GM foods.
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Hong Kong China, Malaysia, Mexico
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No regulation currently in place but propose to implement a mandatory labelling regime – information available to this review does not indicate whether there will also be requirements regarding the traceability of GM foods.
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Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Vietnam
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No information was available to this review regarding GM food labelling and traceability regimes that are currently in place or proposed.
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