3. How can we ensure the traceability of GMOs?

Ensuring the traceability of GMOs and GMO-derived products meets the expectations of consumers and the needs of producers and the agri-food industry.

This will require the implementation of detection methods that enable agricultural crops to be tracked along their entire journey: from seed, through storage, transport and industrial processing, right up to the finished products found on supermarket shelves.

The need for analysis can be found at all these levels: growers and agricultural cooperatives demand certificates from seed companies, while manufacturers buy crops and check their nature, as well as any accidental contamination that may occur during storage and transport: new specifications are proposed to sellers. Finally, in response to consumer pressure, some distributors are banning GMOs from their products, while others are simply...