On December 17th, 2009 the Ukrainian Parliament adopted two laws with regard to GMO turnover -  Law of Ukraine #3230 “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Safety and Quality of Food Products (regarding citizens’ informing on GMO in food products) and Law of Ukraine #4437 “On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine regarding Informing on GMO Components in Products”.

New regulations enact obligatory total and indiscriminate labeling of ANY food products, which from now must have a label wether “Contains GMO”, or “Does Not Contain GMO”. Those producers or retailers who do not comply with labeling requirements will be fined up to 200 minimum salary tariffs.

The adopted Laws also require that the Government shall within one month set up the procedural order of putting GMOs into the State Registry and the order of labeling of food products with regard to GMO content.

Website: http://www.bsbanet.org

Published: December 23, 2009