Ministerial Decree No. 346 validating the Regulation on the safety of genetically modified organisms. Pays/Territoire Kazakhstan Type du document Règlement Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Organisme génétiquement modifié (OGM) Recherche Aire géographique Mer d’Aral, Asie, Mer Caspienne, Asie Centrale, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe et Asie Centrale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Asie du Nord Résumé This Ministerial Decree establishes safety requirements for genetically modified organisms used for alimentary purposes. Risk assessment of GMOs shall be carried out through laboratory research and testing, including: (a) compositional analysis; (b) physical and chemical property characterization; and (c) nutritional value assessment. Toxicity assessments shall be conducted for alimentary GMOs obtained from recombinant DNA. Breeding of GMOs shall be authorized where the results of state ecological and sanitary and epidemiological testing are favourable. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.government.kz