Mexico City, Mexico
October 12, 2007
Source: USDA/FAS GAIN report MX
7068
Through its Food Program (PUAL),
the Mexican National Autonomous
University (UNAM) will be in charge of supervising the flow
of transgenic products into Mexico after winning the bid
launched by the Mexican Commission for Protection against
Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS).
The project will concentrate on
corn, and the PUAL staff will analyze samples of imported corn
in order to catalogue and track products coming into Mexico.
Currently, 17 varieties of
transgenic corn have been approved for import. The project also
includes training COFEPRIS staff to carry on the analysis in the
near future.
(Source:
La Jornada; 09/18/07) |
