The establishment of the surveillance platform in Taiwan was entrusted by the Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA), Council of Agriculture (COA). Teamwork members are composed of Seed Improvement and Propagation Station(SIPS), Agricultural Research Institute, Taoyuan , Tainan, and Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station and National Chung Hsing University and constantly monitoring papaya, maize, soybean,rice, potato, and rape seed production farms and imported feed ingredients. We consistently collect reference materials of GM crops and the development of the corresponding detection techniques. The biological area of GMO detection laboratory at SIPS has been accredited by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF).This year we supporting survey task of 45 GM crops of eastern Taiwan and 34 feed ingredients from border customs. And proposed GM mazie coexistence model recommendation and “GM crop Survey Data Management System" geographic information systems to duty authorities.
The establishment of the surveillance platform in Taiwan was entrusted by the Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA), Council of Agriculture (COA). Teamwork members are composed of Seed Improvement and Propagation Station(SIPS), Agricultural Research Institute, Taoyuan , Tainan, and Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station and National Chung Hsing University and constantly monitoring papaya, maize, soybean,rice, potato, and rape seed production farms and imported feed ingredients. We consistently collect reference materials of GM crops and the development of the corresponding detection techniques. The biological area of GMO detection laboratory at SIPS has been accredited by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF).This year we supporting survey task of 45 GM crops of eastern Taiwan and 34 feed ingredients from border customs. And proposed GM mazie coexistence model recommendation and “GM crop Survey Data Management System" geographic information systems to duty authorities.