The recent process by which the Ministry of Agriculture issued production and application safety certificates for two genetically modified rice lines has intensified unease regarding the safety of genetically modified food. The process was highly opaque: when a foreign news agency first discovered the news, it was posted on a specialized website that was “almost rarely updated,” mixed in with...
Liaoning implements the "Law on Farmers' Professional Cooperatives" to encourage farmer cooperatives to carry out organic certification.
On March 1, 2010, the Measures of Liaoning Province for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Specialized Farmers' Cooperatives (adopted at the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th People's Congress of Liaoning Province on January 8, 2010) came into effect, Article 15 of which provides for encouraging and supporting specialized farmers'...
French research report: Organic food is more nutritious
According to a latest report by the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), organic food is of better quality than conventional food, containing fewer pesticides and less nitrate (a substance associated with a range of health problems, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease). Shane Heaton is...
The Shenyang Municipal People's Government provides subsidies to farmers' professional cooperatives that have obtained organic food certification.
The Shenyang Municipal People's Government (Shen Zheng Fa [2008] No. 29) issued several opinions on supporting farmers' professional cooperatives, which include twenty-four support policies. Among them, Article 10: Encourage farmers' professional cooperatives to produce green and organic food. If a farmers' professional cooperative obtains green food certification, the municipal government will subsidize 1...
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