The Impact and Solution of the Trade Facilitation Agreement on Risk Management of Genetically Modified Foods

DOI

10.2991/jahp-18.2018.72How to use a DOI?

Keywords

trade facilitation agreements; genetically modified foods; transboundary movement; bio-safety; risk management

Abstract

The Trade Facilitation Agreement's coming into force has far-reaching influence on global trade, but it does mean huge risks and shocks for GM foods of which the existing rules and regulations are not well-established. The reasons for this shock are multifaceted: the rapid and simple requirements for TFA cargo clearance are fundamentally different from the safe and prudential requirements for crossing border of genetically modified organisms; the conflict between the low cost advocated by TFA and high investment in GM food risk management. The essence is that the conflicts between the purpose of the Trade Facilitation Agreement and the principles of risk management of genetically modified foods and the risks in the context of TFA are different from the meaning and scope of GM food risks. However, risk management of genetically modified foods in international trade itself faces bottlenecks. Since the promulgation of the Federal Act on the mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods in the United States, the GM food label has entered the “post-mandatory labeling era”. The labeling standards and requirements of different countries are obviously different, and it is more difficult to coordinate. Therefore, in the process of promoting trade facilitation, on the one hand, it is necessary to continuously improve the level of supervision. On the other hand, it is also necessary to pay attention to the special supervision of genetically modified organisms and the safety of genetically modified foods.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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