EU educates Thai exporters on GMO regulations

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EU educates Thai exporters on GMO regulations
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BANGKOK, Sept 9 -- European Union (EU) experts on genetically modified organisms (GMO) were training Thai exporters and academics today to prevent exports of GMO-contaminated products.

Meeting in Nonthaburi, the aim of the seminar was to educate Thailand's exporters, academics and other concerned parties on EU regulations and restrictions regarding GMO contamination in products exported to EU countries as well as to provide information regarding the EU’s monitoring practices and examining technology for GM plants.

The seminar was initiated by the EU after papaya exports from Thailand were suspected of GMO contamination, prompting the EU to examine GMO testing laboratories in Thailand and start a long-term collaboration concerning GMO technologies in the near future. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-09-09

[oztaurus]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

[Miami Bob]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

Yes, in the first half of 2014 Monsanto and a few other corps based in the US spent 27,000,000 dollars to defeat attempts by individual states to vote in mandatory GMO labeling laws. Sounds like they don't want us to know something about their products.

[puipuitom]

The possession and growth of any 1830/2003/EG (“GM Traceability”). In the RASFF system only for fresh papaya, a strain from Hawaii, is mentioned. This problem is discussed very wide in Thai publications.

For rice:

a) The Norwegians found the Chinese strain in : wild rice from Sweden", see RASFF 2010.0853

So OR it is no "wild rice" OR maybe packed in Sweden, but not the origin OR.. the Swedish forest trolls are manipulating the DNA of the there grown wild rice.

Also the USA strain is found once see RASFF 2011.0491 in Vietnamese rice.

c) Swiss authorities reported via the Common Services (CS) : 2009.0360 unauthorized genetically modified (Bt 63 rice) rice noodles from Thai President Food Plc – Thailand, but a genetically-modified rice strain originated in China. The Thai Department of Agriculture inspected the returned shipment and found no contamination.

The Swiss did some additional tests the years later:

Indeed, in 2009, competent authorities in Switzerland tested several samples of rice products for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

In three samples, traces of GM rice were found.

One of these three samples was a sample of rice noodles of Thai origin. The analysis showed the low-level presence of GM rice Bt63. This result lead to the RASFF alert 2009.0360.

Since 2009, a number of rice product samples have been tested by the competent food control authorities in Switzerland for the presence of traces of GMOs. The results are

2009: 84 samples tested, 3 positive (Bt63), as mentioned above;

2010: 183 samples tested, all negative;

2011: 56 samples tested, all negative;

2012: 76 samples tested, all negative.

Remind, the RASFF database is of the combined EU food authorities, in which they all have to publish any lab finding which is in violation with EU food laws, in force since 1979.

And please remind: when the EU governmental labs find something, it is IMPOSSIBLE they made a mistake. God might make mistakes, but EU gov. labs... never.

Edited September 9, 2014 by puipuitom

[Miami Bob]

The possession and growth of any 1830/2003/EG (“GM Traceability”). In the RASFF system only for fresh papaya, a strain from Hawaii, is mentioned. This problem is discussed very wide in Thai publications.

For rice:

a) The Norwegians found the Chinese strain in : wild rice from Sweden", see RASFF 2010.0853

So OR it is no "wild rice" OR maybe packed in Sweden, but not the origin OR.. the Swedish forest trolls are manipulating the DNA of the there grown wild rice.

Also the USA strain is found once see RASFF 2011.0491 in Vietnamese rice.

c) Swiss authorities reported via the Common Services (CS) : 2009.0360 unauthorized genetically modified (Bt 63 rice) rice noodles from Thai President Food Plc – Thailand, but a genetically-modified rice strain originated in China. The Thai Department of Agriculture inspected the returned shipment and found no contamination.

The Swiss did some additional tests the years later:

Indeed, in 2009, competent authorities in Switzerland tested several samples of rice products for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

In three samples, traces of GM rice were found.

One of these three samples was a sample of rice noodles of Thai origin. The analysis showed the low-level presence of GM rice Bt63. This result lead to the RASFF alert 2009.0360.

Since 2009, a number of rice product samples have been tested by the competent food control authorities in Switzerland for the presence of traces of GMOs. The results are

2009: 84 samples tested, 3 positive (Bt63), as mentioned above;

2010: 183 samples tested, all negative;

2011: 56 samples tested, all negative;

2012: 76 samples tested, all negative.

Remind, the RASFF database is of the combined EU food authorities, in which they all have to publish any lab finding which is in violation with EU food laws, in force since 1979.

And please remind: when the EU governmental labs find something, it is IMPOSSIBLE they made a mistake. God might make mistakes, but EU gov. labs... never.

Interesting post, thanks. Lets just hope that the "EU food authorities" are not having as good a time rolling around in bed with the leadership of "big food" and "big pharma" as the FDA, CDC and USDA are in the states.

[iReason]

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Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

Yes, in the first half of 2014 Monsanto and a few other corps based in the US spent 27,000,000 dollars to defeat attempts by individual states to vote in mandatory GMO labeling laws. Sounds like they don't want us to know something about their products.

They don't care...

"Monsanto should not have to vouch for the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job."

Phil Angell, Monsanto's director of corporate communications, quoted in the New York Times, October 25, 1998

"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it."

Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994

Edited September 9, 2014 by iReason

[anon467367354]

The possession and growth of any 1830/2003/EG (“GM Traceability”). In the RASFF system only for fresh papaya, a strain from Hawaii, is mentioned. This problem is discussed very wide in Thai publications.

For rice:

a) The Norwegians found the Chinese strain in : wild rice from Sweden", see RASFF 2010.0853

So OR it is no "wild rice" OR maybe packed in Sweden, but not the origin OR.. the Swedish forest trolls are manipulating the DNA of the there grown wild rice.

Also the USA strain is found once see RASFF 2011.0491 in Vietnamese rice.

c) Swiss authorities reported via the Common Services (CS) : 2009.0360 unauthorized genetically modified (Bt 63 rice) rice noodles from Thai President Food Plc – Thailand, but a genetically-modified rice strain originated in China. The Thai Department of Agriculture inspected the returned shipment and found no contamination.

The Swiss did some additional tests the years later:

Indeed, in 2009, competent authorities in Switzerland tested several samples of rice products for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

In three samples, traces of GM rice were found.

One of these three samples was a sample of rice noodles of Thai origin. The analysis showed the low-level presence of GM rice Bt63. This result lead to the RASFF alert 2009.0360.

Since 2009, a number of rice product samples have been tested by the competent food control authorities in Switzerland for the presence of traces of GMOs. The results are

2009: 84 samples tested, 3 positive (Bt63), as mentioned above;

2010: 183 samples tested, all negative;

2011: 56 samples tested, all negative;

2012: 76 samples tested, all negative.

Remind, the RASFF database is of the combined EU food authorities, in which they all have to publish any lab finding which is in violation with EU food laws, in force since 1979.

And please remind: when the EU governmental labs find something, it is IMPOSSIBLE they made a mistake. God might make mistakes, but EU gov. labs... never.

I don't believe this sentence for a minute - "The possession and growth of any GMO in Thailand is forbidden and punishable under Thai Law"

I know for a fact that food grown in Thailand is tested for GMO's and things like corn and papaya are grown with GMO's. If GMO's were not grown

in Thailand, not sure why Monsanto would be a customer of the companies that do testing for the gov't and Thai FDA as well as other organizations.

The people I know at one of these companies have told me that the papaya used in somtam is surely GMO unless organic and the yellow corn as well.

The links for the in this sentence - See also here Thailand. One is referring to rice, which is not GMO and the other is supposed to be an article which doesn't come up.

The website http://www.thaitrade.com is a product site in which some mention non GMO and other do not.

If I guy tofu, it has to say non-GMO, same with soy sauce. The brand with the ship on it does say non-GMO. Why do some say non-GMO and others do not?

[FangFerang]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

GMO products are beneficial, intelligent, and healthy. The problem is they are copyrighted. Look up Golden Rice -- something that could aid world hunger, but is way monetized. They grabbed the low-hanging fruit - easily modified rice, the world's largest staple crop, then claimed ,millions in research and blah, blah blah .... they maybe spent a half million dollars and are being trolls. The price reductions and constraints will wind down and down until...someone can actually afford it.....No farmer is going to agree to buy one company's seeds for a lifetime...it is not smart. People underestimate farmers,. All around the world.

Penny wise and dollar dumb to the end

The Golden Rice boys thought -- Asians love rice, farmers are stupid, and we are going to make a Killing!

Uh, not so much. The public relations was and is a permanent joke -- but the investors are not laughing.....

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Edited September 9, 2014 by FangFerang

[danasutton]

GMO is not good for laboratory animals. GMO is only tested for three weeks - not enough time to determine safety.

If a person wants to eat GMO then enjoy. I will avoid it.

[ikke]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

The topic is about the EU ! Why people can't stay at the topic ?

[anon467367354]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

GMO products are beneficial, intelligent, and healthy. The problem is they are copyrighted. Look up Golden Rice -- something that could aid world hunger, but is way monetized. They grabbed the low-hanging fruit - easily modified rice, the world's largest staple crop, then claimed ,millions in research and blah, blah blah .... they maybe spent a half million dollars and are being trolls. The price reductions and constraints will wind down and down until...someone can actually afford it.....No farmer is going to agree to buy one company's seeds for a lifetime...it is not smart. People underestimate farmers,. All around the world.

Penny wise and dollar dumb to the end

The Golden Rice boys thought -- Asians love rice, farmers are stupid, and we are going to make a Killing!

Uh, not so much. The public relations was and is a permanent joke -- but the investors are not laughing.....

.

you're kidding right?

Monsanto does not allow GMO foods to be served on their premises, fact!

GMO's cause organ failure and tumors, fact, not fiction as well as sterility.

the GMO crops lack in nutrition as well as use way more chemicals.

The chemicals used contain Glyphosate which kills so much in the soil, the good bacterias

that it allows pathogens to take over.

from Dr. Mercola's website;

• Two key problems caused by glyphosate in the diet are nutritional deficiencies, especially minerals, and systemic toxicity
• Glyphosate is possibly "the most important factor in the development of multiple chronic diseases and conditions that have become prevalent in Westernized societies,” according to researchers
• Your gut bacteria are a key component of glyphosate’s mechanism of harm, as microbes have the pathway used by glyphosate to kill weeds
• Glyphosate causes extreme disruption of microbes’ functions and lifecycles. What’s worse, glyphosate preferentially affects beneficial bacteria, allowing pathogens to overgrow
• Two key problems in autism unrelated to the brain yet clearly associated with the condition are both linked with glyphosate exposure: gut dysbiosis, and disrupted sulfur metabolism/impaired sulfate transport

GMO's should be illegal, in Zimbabwe, I heard growing GMO's results in the death penalty, and that's the way it should be.

Over 26 countries have banned GMO and places like Saudi Arabia don't even allow any food that has GMO's in it, and that's the way it should be.

This statement of yours - "GMO products are beneficial, intelligent, and healthy" means either you're totally misinformed or you're trolling. I would like to think you're trolling.

[anon467367354]

The European Council made an important step by reaching political agreement on 12 June 2014 towards allowing Member States to restrict or ban GMO cultivation in their territory. This is why they need to educate the Thai in regards to exporting to them with GMO's. If there were no GE products being grown in Thailand, this wouldn't be an issue.

[Miami Bob]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

GMO products are beneficial, intelligent, and healthy. The problem is they are copyrighted. Look up Golden Rice -- something that could aid world hunger, but is way monetized. They grabbed the low-hanging fruit - easily modified rice, the world's largest staple crop, then claimed ,millions in research and blah, blah blah .... they maybe spent a half million dollars and are being trolls. The price reductions and constraints will wind down and down until...someone can actually afford it.....No farmer is going to agree to buy one company's seeds for a lifetime...it is not smart. People underestimate farmers,. All around the world.

Penny wise and dollar dumb to the end

The Golden Rice boys thought -- Asians love rice, farmers are stupid, and we are going to make a Killing!

Uh, not so much. The public relations was and is a permanent joke -- but the investors are not laughing.....

." GMO products are beneficial, intelligent, and healthy."

And who did you say you work for!?

[oztaurus]

Meanwhile, America tries to promote the use of GMO crops in Thailand - ho hum.

The topic is about the EU ! Why people can't stay at the topic ?

I interpreted the topic as Thailand being given advice from one market place which actively discourages GMO foods as a part of its own agricultural and trade policies, and I merely pointed to another marketplace which is actively promoting the use of (its own) GMO products. Following the advice of the pro-GMO group will actively block access for Thai agricultural produce to the anti-GMO marketplace, following the advice of the anti-GMO marketplace will possibly bring political and economic pressure from the pro-GMO faction.

[dominique355]

Almost everything we eat is genetically modified, so relax.

Every apple we eat, every steak we grill comes from genetically modified organisms . Some modification are the result of cross breeding or selection, some by chance and some are done in labs. No living organisms keeps it's genes unmodified for generations.

What should be frowned upon is the way the USPTO grants patents to genetic "inventions". And how the patent owners (not copyright), aggressively enforce their dubious patent rights.

The whole subject is suffering from a lot of emotions and misconceptions. That makes it difficult to separate fact from fiction and some people love to preach doomsday.

[Thai at Heart]

The possession and growth of any GMO in Thailand is forbidden and punishable under Thai Law See also here Thailand.

For EU food laws see 1829/2003/EG (GM food-feed) and 1830/2003/EG (GM Traceability). In the RASFF system only for fresh papaya, a strain from Hawaii, is mentioned. This problem is discussed very wide in Thai publications.

For rice:

a) The Norwegians found the Chinese strain in : wild rice from Sweden", see RASFF 2010.0853

So OR it is no "wild rice" OR maybe packed in Sweden, but not the origin OR.. the Swedish forest trolls are manipulating the DNA of the there grown wild rice.

Also the USA strain is found once see RASFF 2011.0491 in Vietnamese rice.

c) Swiss authorities reported via the Common Services (CS) : 2009.0360 unauthorized genetically modified (Bt 63 rice) rice noodles from Thai President Food Plc Thailand, but a genetically-modified rice strain originated in China. The Thai Department of Agriculture inspected the returned shipment and found no contamination.

The Swiss did some additional tests the years later:

Indeed, in 2009, competent authorities in Switzerland tested several samples of rice products for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

In three samples, traces of GM rice were found.

One of these three samples was a sample of rice noodles of Thai origin. The analysis showed the low-level presence of GM rice Bt63. This result lead to the RASFF alert 2009.0360.

Since 2009, a number of rice product samples have been tested by the competent food control authorities in Switzerland for the presence of traces of GMOs. The results are

2009: 84 samples tested, 3 positive (Bt63), as mentioned above;

2010: 183 samples tested, all negative;

2011: 56 samples tested, all negative;

2012: 76 samples tested, all negative.

Remind, the RASFF database is of the combined EU food authorities, in which they all have to publish any lab finding which is in violation with EU food laws, in force since 1979.

And please remind: when the EU governmental labs find something, it is IMPOSSIBLE they made a mistake. God might make mistakes, but EU gov. labs... never.

I don't believe this sentence for a minute - "The possession and growth of any GMO in Thailand is forbidden and punishable under Thai Law"

I know for a fact that food grown in Thailand is tested for GMO's and things like corn and papaya are grown with GMO's. If GMO's were not grown

in Thailand, not sure why Monsanto would be a customer of the companies that do testing for the gov't and Thai FDA as well as other organizations.

The people I know at one of these companies have told me that the papaya used in somtam is surely GMO unless organic and the yellow corn as well.

The links for the in this sentence - See also here Thailand. One is referring to rice, which is not GMO and the other is supposed to be an article which doesn't come up.

The website http://www.thaitrade.com is a product site in which some mention non GMO and other do not.

If I guy tofu, it has to say non-GMO, same with soy sauce. The brand with the ship on it does say non-GMO. Why do some say non-GMO and others do not?

Monsanto sells plenty of non GMO seeds in Thailand. GMO is banned in Thailand. The story of the papaya came from them stupidly doing testing trials.

Don't know about corn, but I doubt there is much GMO in Thailand. Its illegal,

[Thai at Heart]

Almost everything we eat is genetically modified, so relax.

Every apple we eat, every steak we grill comes from genetically modified organisms . Some modification are the result of cross breeding or selection, some by chance and some are done in labs. No living organisms keeps it's genes unmodified for generations.

What should be frowned upon is the way the USPTO grants patents to genetic "inventions". And how the patent owners (not copyright), aggressively enforce their dubious patent rights.

The whole subject is suffering from a lot of emotions and misconceptions. That makes it difficult to separate fact from fiction and some people love to preach doomsday.

Natural selection is not GM.

Its quite hard to take genetics from a millipede and put them in a plum through natural selection.

That's exagerrating but gm takes genetics from things that would never breed and splices them together.

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In a country which happily goes around spraying anything and everything with toxic formalin, to keep it looking fresh, why should they give a rat's about GMO? And that's without the massive overuse of questionable 'fertilizers' because they're cheap, and make more stuff grow

[Sayonarax]

In a country which happily goes around spraying anything and everything with toxic formalin, to keep it looking fresh, why should they give a rat's about GMO? And that's without the massive overuse of questionable 'fertilizers' because they're cheap, and make more stuff grow

Learn what a GMO is..

Learn what fertilizers do..

Edited September 12, 2014 by Sayonarax

[jpeg]

In a country which happily goes around spraying anything and everything with toxic formalin, to keep it looking fresh, why should they give a rat's about GMO? And that's without the massive overuse of questionable 'fertilizers' because they're cheap, and make more stuff grow

Learn what a GMO is..

Learn what fertilizers do..

GMO - they genitically modify an organism, say, a gene from a funnel web spider and knock it into a tomato to make it, the spider, red an' tasty. An' fertilizer, well, fertilizes stuff to make it grow big an' strong. However. Some fertilizers are very dodgy an' can cause nasty illnesses, like cancer.

Your point?