Record details

General Information

Country

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Title of document

Amendment to executive regulation of Article 7-II of the Islamic Republic of Iran Biosafety Law

Legislative details

Type of document

National Regulation

Subject areas

Handling, transport, packaging and identification
LMOs for direct use as feed
LMOs for direct use as food
Transboundary movement (import/export)
Transit

Types of LMOs addressed

All types of organisms

Brief description of the document including objective and scope:

Under this amendment, the labeling threshold for LMOs is "zero percent". it is therefore, required that any shipment or parcel containing any amount of LMO is labeled accordingly.

Date of entry into force

2019-03-09

Document details

Document text

170069.tiff (50 KB)

Regulatory contact information

Contact person

Record #100963

Agricultural Jihad Ministry

Tehran, Tehran

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Phone:	+98-21-88199610,+98-21-88199611
Fax:	+98-21-88199617
Email:	k.khavazi@areo.ir,iranbiosafetyfocalpoint@gmail.com
Url:	http://www.maj.ir

Record #5515

Department of Environment

Pardisan Park, Hakim Highway

Tehran, Tehran

Iran, 15871

Phone:	+98-21-42781872
Fax:	+98-21-88233169
Email:	nayer@lycos.com

Record #104989

Ministry of Health and Medical Education

Food and Drug Administration, Fakhrerazi St., Enghelab Ave.

Tehran

Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1314715311

Phone:	+98 21 66405590
Email:	mhazizitm@gmail.com,biosafety@fda.gov.ir,iranbiosafetyfocalpoint@gmail.com
Url:	http://fda.behdasht.gov.ir/