Ministerial Decree No. 26 regarding validation of the Regulation on state registration of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal feed/feedstuffs Animal health Genetically modified organism (GMO) Registration Certification Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The Premier decrees that feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs are subject to compulsory state registration. Regulation establishes the modalities of state registration of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs, except for raw materials extracted from transgenic animals, issuing certificates of state registration of feedstuffs and keeping register of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs. Feedstuffs are considered vegetable, animal, microbiological products and their components used for feeding animals, containing assimilable nutritious substances that do not cause hazardous impact on animal health. The present Regulation is compulsory for all Russian and foreign subjects of scientific-technical and economic activity irrespectively of their organizational-legal form and natural persons carrying out manufacturing and import of feedstuffs from GMOs on the territory of the Russian Federation. The Ministry of Agriculture is authorized institution for registration of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs. The applicant must forward to the Ministry of Agriculture the following documentation: 1) application for registration; 2) materials containing data on the origin of feedstuffs, valuation of potential danger of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs (in comparison with original basic feedstuffs) and recommendations of the applicant on its reduction; data on projected use of feedstuffs and its registration and use abroad; data on the technology of growing of plants used for manufacturing of feedstuffs, data on manufacturing technology of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs; draft of instruction on use of feedstuffs manufactured from GMOs; 3) copy of certificate issued by the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies on safety of GMOs used for manufacturing of feedstuffs in case of conservation of its reproduction capacity; 4) copy of certificate of recording genetically modified plant species used for manufacturing of feedstuffs in State register of selection achievements authorized for utilization if the afore-mentioned plant species maintains reproduction capacity and is destined for subsequent growing of biomass or hard forage. Full text Russian References - Legislation Implements Federal Law No. 86-FZ on state regulation in the field of genetic engineering. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1996 Keyword: Genetic resources, Biotechnology, Genetically modified organism (GMO) Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ministerial Decree No. 839 validating the Regulation “On state registration of genetically modified organisms destined for release into environment, and also produce obtained from or containing such organisms. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013 Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Consumer protection, Registration, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Plant production, Biotechnology, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Ranching/captive breeding Source: FAO, FAOLEX