"BUYANT-UKHAA" CHECKPOINT ALLOWED TO PASS GMO

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The cabinet made a decision at its Wednesday meeting to allow the "Buyant-Ukhaa" checkpoint of Ulaanbaatar city to pass genetically modified organism (GMO) through the border.
In conjunction with this decision, authorities of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the General Agency for Specialized Inspection and the General Customs Office have been ordered to control over the passing the materials according to international law and other legal documents.
In the period 2008-2009, 26 types of enzymes, 119 kinds of plants, 83 kinds of foods, some 80 types of substances of the "E" category produced with GMO were registered worldwide. These products are being sold at the international market.
As for Mongolia who imports over 70 per cent of medicines and foods, the country needs to fulfill the international responsibility of informing the public on useful and risky sides of the GMO and of improving the mechanism of registration and control over GMO. Thus, the government considered that the "Buyant-Ukhaa" checkpoint should be the solely point to pass GMO.
B.Khuder