Ecuador
Country introduction:
Ecuador is a developing country and consumer of genetically modified foods, which expects to have a GM evaluation system according to international standards and guidelines
Regulatory framework:
My country does not have a regulatory framework that requires the competent authority to conduct safety assessment of GM food.
Structure for GM food safety assessment:
My country does not have a structure for GM food safety assessment.
Supplemental information (regulatory framework):
My country has adopted technical standards of "methods of analysis for the detection of genetically modified organisms and derived products" of the International-ISO Organization for Standardization.
These are:
ISO 24276 "general requirements and definitions",
ISO 21569 “qualitative nucleic acid based methods”
ISO/TS 21569-2 “construct-specific real - time PCR method for detection of event FP967 in linseed and linseed products
ISO 21570 “quantitative nucleic acid based methods”
ISO 21571 “nucleic acid extraction”
ISO 21572 “protein-based methods”
Methods that have been informed to the competent authority through the Ecuadorian Normalization Service-INEN
These are:
ISO 24276 "general requirements and definitions",
ISO 21569 “qualitative nucleic acid based methods”
ISO/TS 21569-2 “construct-specific real - time PCR method for detection of event FP967 in linseed and linseed products
ISO 21570 “quantitative nucleic acid based methods”
ISO 21571 “nucleic acid extraction”
ISO 21572 “protein-based methods”
Methods that have been informed to the competent authority through the Ecuadorian Normalization Service-INEN
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GM food safety assessment guidelines:
My country does not conduct safety assessment of GM food but the country has, or the country is in the process of developing national/regional guidelines that are in line with the Codex Guidelines in conducting safety assessment of GM food.
Conduct of GM food safety assessment:
My country does not regularly conduct food safety assessment of GM food, but has conducted at least once in the past.
Supplemental information (assessment):
Regulation stacked events:
The country is in the process of developing relevant policies on assessment of stacked events, or there is no specific regulation on stacked events.
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GM food/feed production:
My country does not produce any GM food or feed.
GM food/feed imports:
My country allows imports GM food or feed upon authorization.
Supplemental information (production and trade):
LLP/AP incidents:
I do not know if my country has faced any LLP/AP issues in the last 10 years.
Supplemental information (LLP/AP incidents):
Labelling requirement:
My country has a mandatory and positive/negative labeling regulation on GM food.
Supplemental information (labelling requirement):
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