the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec)has been asked by exporters to check more than 200 food samples and certify they contain no genetically-modified organisms (GOMs) since it opened one month ago.
Biotec director Sowong Tragoonrung said the high number of requests indicated a growing concern among businesses about genetic modification.
"Most of the samples come from food exporters who are required dy their foreign cuatomers to produce evidence that their products are GOM-free.We did not expect the number would be high because each sample represented a shipment."
Soybean and cron topped the samplings.