US Grains Council wants Vilsack to speak directly to Chinese over DDGS ban

July 29, 2014 |

In Washington, the U.S. Grains Council has called on agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack to personally intervene on the Chinese ban of DDGS that include MIR 162. is calling for China to approve MIR 162 following this week’s announcement of new biotech certification requirements for distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) by the Chinese import inspection authority, AQSIQ.

The new requirements effectively call for a certificate from the point of origin – in the case of U.S. shipments, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – guaranteeing that the shipment is free of the biotech trait.

 

Category: Policy

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