유전자 변형 물질의 유기식품 비의도적 혼입 규제에 관한 연구

Proliferation of GMOs is so fast and formidable to countries and markets that do not want them, contamination or adventitious presence of non-GMO food and seed stocks with GMOs is inevitable. Biotechnology industry groups and others have argued that some low threshold of adventitious presence, while unavoidable, is manageable, is not unique to biotechnology, and should pose no cause for concern. However, like the EU, Korea has strong anti-GMO sentiments, and effects of GMO to the human and animal health are controversial. At the end of March 2010, USTR included Korea's zero tolerance policy to the newly added SPS/TBT barrier reports to the congress. The Korea Food Industry Promotion Act does not have any threshold or tolerance level of adventitious presence. Futhermore, it has zero tolerance clause in labelling requirement. The U.S. policy is that GMO products are substantially equivalent to non-GMOs. The U.S. is the world's largest GMO producing country, thereby promoting the adventitious presence of GMOs in food and seed supplies around the world. Korea may argue its right to make laws through democratic processes for production, certificate, labeling, acceptable tolerance level and other key regulatory issues concerning organic foods. However, Korea still does not have any scientific assessment to set up tolerance level of adventitious presence of GMOs in organic food. Korea should consider that if the level is getting higher, the cost will also increase as well as trade disputes with the U.S.