CCM: China inspects seed production bases in Sept. 2016 09-19-2016

On 31 Aug., 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China (MOA) released a notice, requiring agricultural departments to carry out inspection over seed production bases around the country. Random check in fields should be finished before 15 Sept., 2016; the results and summaries should be submitted to the Bureau of Seed Management of the MOA before the end of Nov. 2016.



Source: Baidu


In particular:

  • To inspect corn seed production bases in 5 regions / provinces including Xinjiang Uygur, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Hui autonomous regions as well as in Gansu and Shaanxi provinces


  • To inspect rice seed production (breeding) bases in 16 provinces / municipalities / regions including: Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chongqing Municipality




According to the notice, agricultural departments should visit the offices of seed enterprises or seed production organisations to check if their production qualification meet requirement, if their products legal and if their production files complete, etc. In addition, agricultural departments should also visit seed production bases in fields to inspect their production acreage and collect samples. In addition to local agricultural departments’ check, the MOA will also randomly inspect those seed production bases and offices.


With the standard sample provided by the MOA as contrast, the authenticity of the samples will be checked by the method of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Molecular Markers according to standards including the Corn Variety Appraisal Procedure by SSR Molecular Markets (NY/T1432-2014) and the Rice Variety Appraisal Procedure by SSR Molecular Markets (NY/T1433-2014).


The genetically modified ingredients of the samples will be tested by test paper in the field by inspection institutions. These tests should be carried out by local agricultural departments. Without qualification for the tests, agricultural departments should choose institutions authorised by the MOA to do the tests. 

 

This article comes from Seed China News 1609, CCM

 



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