Vietnam: 04 principles of assessment of risks of genetically modified organisms

17:17, 09/10/2020

Recently, the Government of Vietnam has issued Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP on amendments to Decree No. 69/2010/NĐ-CP dated June 21, 2020 of Vietnam’s Government on biosafety for genetically modified organisms, genetic specimens and products of genetically modified organisms.

04 nguyên tắc đánh giá rủi ro của sinh vật biến đổi gen, Nghị định 118/2020/NĐ-CP

According to Clause 2 Article 1 of Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government supplementing Clause 4 Article 5 of Decree No. 69/2010/NĐ-CP, 04 principles of assessment of risks of genetically modified organisms to the environment, biodiversity and health of humans and domestic animals include:

1. Risk assessment of genetically modified organisms must ensure scientificity and transparency and be conducted by methods and techniques nationally or internationally recognized by competent agencies.

2. Risk assessment of genetically modified organisms shall be conducted on a case-by-case basis, depending on genetically modified organisms, their use purposes and their receiving environments.

3. Risks of genetically modified organisms shall be assessed on the basis of comparing disparities between genetically modified organisms and host organisms under the same conditions.

4. Genetically modified organism that is the result of traditional backcross process with multiple gene transfer events licensed with Biosafety certificate, certification of genetically modified organisms’ eligibility for use as food and certification of genetically modified organisms’ eligibility for use as animal feed while conforming to regulations on investment and business conditions shall be released into the environment, used as food and/or animal feed.

View details at Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 02, 2020.

Le Vy

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