GM and non-GM soy chains for feed: the terms of co-existence
Résumé
Regulation 1829/2003/CE and 1830/2003/CE have allowed the placing on the market of GM products in food and feed chains and have defined their rules of traceability and labelling. For some supply chains like soy and its derived products for feed, manufacturers have to face both non-GM and GM feed production. This is the consequence of no labelling requirement for animal products and development of GM soy crops in the supplying countries. This study presents the strategies of stakeholders involved in the feed chains to maintain production of non-GM soy for feed, by dealing with coexistence between GM and non-GM materials within the feeds chains. The study shows that, concerning soybean supply chain, the terms of maintaining coexistence are insured. The next issue is probability that the non-GM lots meet the 0,9% threshold, regarding the increasing of GM soy crop area in the supplying countries.