Natalia Bogdanova

Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Biotechnology Regulatory Solutions, LLC

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Natalia Bogdanova is a regulatory affairs consultant in the area of agricultural biotechnology and an owner of the consulting company Biotechnology Regulatory Solutions, LLC. Her area of expertise ranges from consulting start-up companies on development of GM crops to work with international organizations on regulatory policy and developing regulatory systems. She lives in the US.

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Q: It is a couple of months GMO opponents are widely referring to news that read Russia joins countries that have banned the import of GE crops. What is regulatory history on GMOs in Russian legal system?

Answered By Natalia Bogdanova - Jun 27, 2016

A: Russia has developed legislation on the regulation of genetically modified products that started with the Federal Law on genetic engineering (#86-FZ) in 1996. A total of 12 legislative documents on GM food and feed safety assessment and control were developed and enacted between 1996 and 2010. These include regulations of registration for food, feed, detection methods and labeling. The first GM product approved for food use in Russia was the soybean line 40-3-2 in 1999. As of the summer of 2015, a total of 23 genetically modified lines were registered: 12 lines of GM corn, seven line [...]

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