Genetically modified food in South America

Brazil and Argentina are the 2nd and 3rd largest producers of genetically modified food behind the United States.[1]

The Argentine government was one of the first to accept genetically modified food. Assessment of genetically modified products for release is provided by the National Agricultural Biotechnology Advisory Committee (environmental impact), the National Service of Health and Agrifood Quality (food safety) and the National Agribusiness Direction (effect on trade), with the final decision made by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishery and Food.[2] The government is looking to tighten the current law which allows farmers to keep seed without paying royalties in a bid to encourage more private investment.[3]

In Brazil the National Biosafety Technical Commission is responsible for assessing environmental and food safety and prepares guidelines for transport, importation and field experiments involving GM products. The Council of Ministers evaluates the commercial and economical issues with release.[2] The National Biosafety Technical Commission has 27 members and includes 12 scientists, 9 ministerial representatives and 6 other specialists.

Honduras,[4] Costa Rica,[5] Colombia,[6] Bolivia,[7] Paraguay,[8] Chile,[9] and Uruguay[10] also allow GM crops to be grown.

Venezuela banned genetically modified seeds in 2004,[11] in 2008, Ecuador prohibited genetically engineered crops and seeds in its 2008 Constitution, approved by 64% of the population in a referendum[12] (although Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said in 2012 that this was "a mistake").[13] Peru has banned transgenic crops.[13]

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1. ^ "Slides & Tables : Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2010 - ISAAA Brief 42-2010 - ISAAA.org".
2. ^ a b BASF presentation Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Argentina poised to update seed law-Argentina, seed, GM, crop, biotech". ArgoNews. May 18, 2010.
4. ^ (2010) Biotech Facts and Trends Honduras 2010 ISAAA, Retrieved 9 August 2013
5. ^ (2013)GM Crop Events approved in Costa Rica ISAAA GM Approval database, Retrieved 9 August 2013
6. ^ (2012) Biotech Facts and Trends Columbia 2012 ISAAA, Retrieved 9 August 2013
7. ^ Herbst, Allyson (6 June 2013) Government Plans to Expand Use of GM Foods Archived 2013-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Bolivia Weekly, Retrieved 9 August 2013
8. ^ (2013) Biotech Facts and Trends Paraguay 2013 ISAAA, Retrieved 9 August 2013
9. ^ (2012) Biotech Facts and Trends Chile 2012 ISAAA, Retrieved 9 August 2013
10. ^ (2012) Uruguay Annual Biotechnology Report 2012 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Agricultural Information Network Retrieved 9 August 2013
11. ^ Venezuela: Chavez Dumps Monsanto. Globalpolicy.org (2004-05-05). Retrieved on 2011-02-08.
12. ^ Pena, Karla (2008) "Putting Food First in the Constitution of Ecuador," Food First Institute for Food & Development Policy, https://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2301 Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, (updated 31 October 2008, accessed 21 May 2008).
13. ^ a b (2 October 2012)Transgenic Products Gain Ground Central American Data, Retrieved 9 August 2013

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Genetically modified food in the Americas

Sovereign
states|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Dependencies
and territories|

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Curaçao
* Falkland Islands
* French Guiana
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Montserrat
* Puerto Rico
* Saba
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Sint Eustatius
* Sint Maarten
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

* North America
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* Caribbean
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Genetic engineering

Genetically
modified
organisms|

| Crops|

| Maize/corn|

* MON 810
* MON 863
* StarLink
* List of varieties of genetically modified maize/corn

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Potato|

* Amflora

Rice|

* Golden rice

Soybean|

* Roundup ready soybean
* Vistive Gold

Tomato|

* Flavr Savr

Cotton|

* Bt cotton

Wheat|

* HB4

Other|

* Apple
* Arabidopsis
* Brinjal
* Canola
* Papaya
* Rose
* SmartStax
* Sugar beet
* Tobacco
* Trees
* Mustard

Animals|

| Mammals|

* Mouse
* Knockout mouse
* Oncomouse
* Woolly mouse
* Enviropig
* Herman the Bull
* Knockout rat
* Rabbit
* Ruppy
* Wolves

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Other animals|

* Insects
* Fish
* GloFish
* Salmon
* Birds
* Frogs

Bacteria
and viruses|

* Ice-minus bacteria
* Hepatitis B vaccine
* Oncolytic virus

Processes|

| Inserting DNA|

* Agrobacteria
* Biolistics
* Electroporation
* Genetic transduction
* Lipofection
* Microinjection
* Somatic cell nuclear transfer
* Transfection

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Types|

* Recombinant DNA
* Transgenesis
* Cisgenesis

Uses|

| In agriculture|

* Genetically modified food
* Controversies
* Pharming
* Companies
* BASF
* Bayer
* Dow AgroSciences
* DuPont Pioneer
* Monsanto
* Syngenta

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In humans and
diagnostics|

* Gene therapy
* Genetic enhancement
* Genetic testing

In research|

* Gene knockout
* Gene knockdown
* Gene targeting

Related
articles|

* Transgene
* Detection of genetically modified organisms
* Genetic pollution
* Genetics in fiction
* Human enhancement
* Reverse transfection
* Transhumanism
* Genetic use restriction technology

Regulation|

* Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Geography|

* Europe
* Africa
* Asia
* North America (US)
* South America
* Oceania

Similar fields|

* Eugenics
* Cloning
* Stem cell research
* Synthetic biology

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