Abstract

The study analyzes the second round safety certificate review of GM maize and GM rice by the Ministry of Agriculture of China. The research found, in the safety evaluation of the GM food crop, it reveals some negligence, such as, the test site of the GM food crop is not up to the requirements, the concluded assessment conclusion cannot positively respond the question of the material, the second assessment time is too short and the like. Meanwhile, during the process of the safety assessment for the GM food crop, the government has no enough neutral standpoint, the publicity of the argumentation and application data is insufficient, there is interest relevance between the scientists participating in safety assessment and GM industry, the government attitude on the GM safety is inconsistent, which makes the media and the public doubting government's credibility and affects the commercialization promotion of the GM food crop.

Keywords:

Assessment, credibility, genetically-modified, negligence, safety,

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