브라질, 세계 최초로 식용 GM 사탕수수 승인

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지금까지 GM 사탕수수는 대체 에너지인 메탄올 생산용으로 승인되었습니다.

그러나 메탄올을 뽑아내기 위해서는 아마존 밀림을 다 밀어버려야 할 만큼 사탕수수 재배 면적이 넓어야 하기 때문에

경제성이 전혀 없다는 결론에 이르렀습니다.

그래서인지 이번에는 식용으로 쓸 GM 사탕수수를 승인했다는군요.

현재 한국에 들어오는 설탕 원료는 2012년부터는 대부분 GM 사탕무입니다.

사탕수수로 만든 설탕은 유기농 재배거나 공정무역 상품이거나 비정제 원당으로 수입되는데,

이것은 모두 Non-GMO입니다.

앞으로는 GM사탕수수로 만든 설탕도 판매가 되겠군요.

잘 가려 구입하시기 바랍니다.

Brazil approves world's first commercial GM sugarcane: developer CTC

By Ana Mano | SAO PAULO

SAO PAULO Brazil has approved commercial use of a genetically modified sugarcane, setting a milestone for the country's highly competitive sugar industry as this is the first time such permission has been granted anywhere in the world.

Authorization was obtained by CTC Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira SA, which developed the technology and made the application seeking approval in December 2015, Chief Executive Officer Gustavo Leite told Reuters in an interview.

CTNBio was not immediately available to comment on the approval.

Leite said it would take at least three years for the first shipments of sugar produced from GM crops to reach export markets because of the pace of propagation of new cane varieties.

Brazil has about 10 million hectares of sugarcane fields and potential to plant GM cane in up to 15 percent of this area, Leite said.

Given the characteristics of the crop, this may take 10 years to achieve, he said.

Brazil exports sugar to about 150 countries and some 60 percent of them do not demand regulatory approval to import sugar made from genetically modified organisms.

"Approval from CTNBio is crucial for the ones which do," Leite said.

CTC has made applications to clear sale of sugar made from GM cane in the United States and Canada. It will seek regulatory approval in China, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and Indonesia.

CTC said the new variety is resistant to the insect Diatraea saccharalis, known locally as 'broca-da-cana' (cane borer), one of the main plagues in Brazil's sugarcane fields, with an estimated 5 billion reais ($1.52 billion) of annual losses to producers. The GM cane contains the gene Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), widely used in other crops.

In the future CTC, majority owned by firms including Copersucar SA and Raízen Energia SA, intends to introduce traits that will make sugarcane tolerant to another insect and a herbicide, Leite said.

Sugar industry officials hailed the approval, but said adoption is likely to depend on each company's commercial strategy.

Jacyr Costa, Brazil director for Tereos, said the country will profit from increased productivity of its cane fields, adding science is instrumental to achieve this.

"The adoption of GM cane is an individual decision by each company, but it is great to have this option," he said.

Fábio Venturelli, chief executive officer of São Martinho, said producers will consider potential consumer backlash against GM products before switching to GM cane.

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백설탕은 유전자조작 사탕 무우로 만든걸로알고 지금껏 사탕수수는 유전자 조작없다고 믿었거든요.ㅜㅜ
사탕수수로된 설탕만 선택함된다 생각했는데.

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유기농 비정제 원당을 사드세요.

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마스코바도 먹고있어요.어쩔때는 마스코바도 아닌 유기농 사당수수설탕을 사다먹긴하는데.유기농이라고 지엠오 아닌건 아니니.표시하고 파는것도 아닐꺼고요.