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16.03.2010
Ukraine to set up 17 GMO labs
The State Committee on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (DerzhSpozhyvStandard) announced plans to establish 17 laboratories on testing genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food products in 2010, DerzhSpozhyvStandard chief Liudmyla Losiuk has told the press Monday.
She noted that out of 17 planned, 4 laboratories have already undergone a metrological standardization. It is also planned to set up such labs in every regional center.
According to the committee, last year almost 5% of foodstuff checks revealed GMO. In all, DerzhSpozhyvStandard conducted around 7,000 tests in 2009 for food products containing genetically modified organisms.
UKRINFORM
