Putin Approves Policy for Better Food Security

The 2010 version of the document is no longer valid.

 Vladimir Putin has approved the new draft law on food security in Russia. The law was published on the webpage of the official portal of legal information.

 The decree comes into force from the day it is signed. The govt should approve measures to implement provisions of the food security law within 3 months, according to the document. 

The new version of the law bans GMO imports into Russia.

“The exception to the ban is the import and planting of genetically modified organisms and the cultivation of such plants and animal breeding during tests and scientific research,” the document said.

The updated version of the Draft Law on Food Security of Russia was submitted to the government at the end of December 2018, Dmitry Patrushev, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation said.

In March last year, the Security Council reported that it had decided to adjust the law due to sanctions, changes in the country's socioeconomic status and increased openness of the national agricultural and food market.