Georgia
Country introduction:
Federal responsibility for the regulations dealing with foods sold in Georgia , including GM foods, is shared by Ministry of environmental protection and Agriculture (MEPA) , Ministry of Health and national Food service (NFA). Ministry of Health is responsible for establishing standards and policies related to the safety parameters and nutritional quality of foods and feed and developing health and nutrition policies . MEPA is responsible for establishing all other issues related to food and feed safety, veterinary and plant protection fields, including labeling policies and develops standards related to the packaging, labelling and advertising of foods, the regulation of seeds, fertilizers and livestock feeds and etc. NFA handles all inspection and enforcement duties. There has never done GM food safety assessment in Georgia. Our country's safety assessment activities would refer to the EU/EFSA documents. My country has a mandatory and positive labeling regulation & allows a voluntary and negative labeling on GM food.
Regulatory framework:
My country has a regulatory framework that requires the competent authority to conduct safety assessment of GM food.
Structure for GM food safety assessment:
My country is in the process in developing a structure for GM food safety assessment.
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GM food safety assessment guidelines:
My country does not conduct safety assessment of GM food and we do not plan to develop any guidelines for GM food safety assessment.
Conduct of GM food safety assessment:
My country has never conducted safety assessment of GM food and will not (be able to) conduct such assessment in the near future.
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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.
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LLP/AP incidents:
I do not know if my country has faced any LLP/AP issues in the last 10 years.
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Labelling requirement:
My country has a mandatory and positive labeling regulation & allows a voluntary and negative labeling on GM food.
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