GM Food Surveillance in Germany
November 23, 2007| |
The federal states of Germany have released the results of the annual screening of food products for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMO) materials. For the year, more than 5000 foodstuffs were tested. Results suggest that regulations on the labelling of GMOs are largely observed in the country. Infringements are limited to single exceptions, the number of which is declining.
The surveillance showed minimal traces of GMO material in 15-25 percent of tested foodstuffs containing soya. Most of these are imported products, like Japanese soybean paste, Asian noodles and Russian cookies. The detected values however, remained below the threshold value (0.9 percent) and often approximated the detection level of 0.1 percent. Products containing GMO maize remain uncommon, since most German producers receive maize from European countries where GM maize cultivation is rare.
More information is available at http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/country_reports/252.docu.html
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