协会获悉，近期中国退运大量美国输华玉米，据称这些货物中检出未经中国农业部批准的转基因成分。
包括BBC在内的多家新闻媒体报道，这些货物涉及一种MIR162的转基因成分，并明显地影响到12个批次，约545,000吨重的货物。
尽管中国允许一些转基因农产品的进口，但是目前MIR162转基因成分未在批准行列中。
详细信息请参阅附件。
China: Concerns Over Genetic Modified Cargoes
The Association has been advised that recently significant quantities of corn cargoes originating in the U.S.A. were rejected in China, allegedly on the basis that they contained a genetically modified strain unapproved by China’s Ministry of Agriculture.
Various news media reports, including the BBC quoted this as involving a strain called MIR162, and this apparently affected 12 batches of cargo amounting to some 545,000 metric tons.
While China does permit the importation of some types of GM Agricultural cargoes, at present MIR162 is not yet on the approved list.
See attached file: China – Concerns Over Genetic Modified Cargoes.pdf
