{"id":2135,"date":"2019-05-20T17:27:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2019-05-20T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:27:19","slug":"brazil-seeks-chinas-ok-genetically-modified-sugarcane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2019\/05\/20\/brazil-seeks-chinas-ok-genetically-modified-sugarcane\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil seeks China&#8217;s OK for genetically modified sugarcane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.agropages.com\/UserFiles\/FCKFile\/zkc_2019-05-19_20-37-37_852.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\nBrazil\u2019s agriculture minister will ask Chinese officials on Thursday to greenlight exports to the Asian nation of sugar made from genetically modified (GM) sugarcane, which is expected to be widely used in Brazil in coming years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Minister Tereza Cristina Dias told Reuters in Beijing on Wednesday, on her first visit to Brazil\u2019s top buyer of farm goods, that she would raise the GMO issue during a visit to China\u2019s General Administration of Customs on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brazilian officials will make the case that the sugar has no traces of modified genes after the GM cane is processed, similar to soy oil made from GM soybeans.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe export sugar and will export sugar made from GMO cane. The sugar itself is not genetically modified, so we\u2019re going to explain about the scientific process and explain why sugar should not be considered by science as a GM product,\u201d Dias told Reuters through a translator.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brazil\u2019s CTC (Cane Technology Center) developed the GM cane variety that is resistant to the cane borer, which could reduce pesticide costs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mills in the world\u2019s largest sugar exporter are already testing the variety.<\/p>\n<div>Brazil\u2019s government has approved commercial use of GM cane, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled that it is safe to consume sugar made from that cane.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe production of these varieties will increase a lot in Brazil, so it\u2019s something we need to discuss,\u201d Dias said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>China has been slow in approving genetically modified foods in general. Last month, a Brazil agriculture ministry official complained that Chinese approvals take about five to six years, up from 240 days in 2010.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The minister said she would also raise the issue of 79 meat plants seeking approval to export beef, poultry, pork and other meat to China. Only 10 of them have been inspected by Chinese food quality officials to date.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOne thing we\u2019re going to discuss is if it\u2019s necessary to visit all plants or if they can select a sample,\u201d Dias said.<\/p>\n<div>She added that the ministry was building a new relationship with China\u2019s customs administration which only recently took on the role of approving imports after a Chinese government shuffle.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brazil is one of a few countries able to supply China with significant quantities of meat when it experiences a large drop in output of pork expected later this year due to the African swine fever outbreak, Dias said.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"tl clearfix mt10\">\n<h4 class=\"p-source c-999 cb pt5\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a class=\"c-orange fs16\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.agropages.com\/Media\/MediaIndex-1050.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil\u2019s agriculture minister will ask Chinese officials on Thursday to greenlight exports to the Asian nation of sugar made from genetically modified (GM) sugarcane, which is expected to be widely used in Brazil in coming years. 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