Browse Data and Analysis

In June 2014, FAS Bucharest and AgroBiotechRom Association, the voice of the biotech industry in Romania, organized another successful biotech outreach activity.

FAS Berlin hosted a roundtable discussion on sustainability of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries with participants from both sides of the Atlantic at the U.S. Embassy Berlin on October 30, 2014.

The German seed company KWS is starting a new biotech research center in Missouri.

Turkey's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock requires a government attestation that imports of enzymes and microorganisms are not obtained from genetic engineering.

Prime Minister Medvedev Interview on Food Embargo…. Duma Considers Draft Law Tightening Labeling Control of Genetically Engineered Products….

The German Federal Cartel Office has imposed a fine for sausage price fixing in July 2014.

Again, this year, Italy’s biotechnology industry is characterized as a dynamic and promising sector, despite the difficult economic situation that biotech companies have to confront on a daily basis.

The Russian Government Commission on Legislation approved draft amendments to the federal law “Russian Codex of Administrative Violations” that will tighten control over labeling of GE food.

In September 2014 Poland’s parliament is expected to re-start work on a comprehensive legislation on biotechnology.

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, in part due to the focus on major political and economic issues in 2014.

The Czech Republic maintains a scientific approach towards biotechnology. Bt corn is planted, but the area has gradually decreased in recent years due to difficulties marketing the corn commercially.

This report is an update of the Biotechnology Annual Report 2013 providing information on the status of biotechnology in Romania.