ArmInfo. The commission, composed of representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Nature Protection and Health, as well as the public sector, will study the issue of transgenic technologies in the Armenian agriculture sphere.
According to the press service of Armenian Agriculture Ministry, yesterday the head of the department with the representatives of social organizations, science, ministries of healthcare and nature protection discussed issues of implementing Genetically Modified Organism(GMO) products from the point of view of bio security of the country.
The parties spoke in favor of legislative regulation of the process of integrating transgenic technologies into Armenia's agro-sphere, setting a requirement to inform consumers about the availability of GMO's in food products by applying the appropriate marking. The need to legislatively consolidate the development of organic agriculture in Armenia was underscored.
