India is exporting strictly Non GMO rice to World – Media blames are baseless

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India is exporting strictly Non GMO rice to World

The possibility of GMO contamination due to white rice exported by India is not possible

By PIB Delhi

Kindly refer to a news report in a section of the press regarding said food recall linked to alleged GM rice from India.

It may be clarified that there is no commercial variety of GM rice in India. In fact, the commercial GM cultivation of rice is banned in India. There is no question of the export of GM rice from India. A particular incident which is reported through Rapid Alert by EU, the GMO contamination is suspected to have been found in the rice flour which was processed in EU and they themselves are not sure of the exact source of contaminant. The broken white rice exported from India, which is allegedly one of the possibilities, has passed through many hands before reaching the actual processors in the EU.

 There is always a possibility of mixing or cross-contamination at every stage. The exporter, however, has confirmed that the rice exported was Non-GMO and there is hardly any possibility of cross-contamination even during inland transit as the final sample was drawn at the port of loading by an independent inspection agency having the International recognition who after because of testing and verification issued Non-GMO certificate before shipment. Cross-contamination, if any, could be possible while processing the broken rice into final products.

 Since there is no commercial variety of GM in India, proper testing was also done before the shipment of the consignment. The possibility of GMO contamination due to white rice exported by India is not possible.

India is exporting strictly Non GMO rice to World.

As reported in the same news item, this could be the conspiracy to malign the image of India as a reliable supplier of quality rice to the world. The experts in India both from Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) and agricultural experts from IARI and other rice experts in India are, however, investigating the matter but re-confirming that commercial GM variety of rice is not grown in India.

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Antara Tripathy M.Sc., B.Ed. by qualification and bring 15 years of media reporting experience.. Coverred many illustarted events like, G20, ICC,MCCI,British High Commission, Bangladesh etc. She took over from the founder Editor of IBG NEWS Suman Munshi (15/Mar/2012- 09/Aug/2018 and October 2020 to 13 June 2023).
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