GMO

The most commonly modified crops include soybeans, maize, rape, rice, and cotton. Primary features given to transgenic plants are resistance to herbicides or insects.

In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Serbia, cultivation for commercial purposes, ie placing on the market of any modified living organism or products from a genetically modified organism is not allowed.

In accordance with European law. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 requires the labeling of all food products and feed containing, consisting of and produced from GMOs.

SP Laboratory has the most modern equipment, professional staff and the necessary laboratory space and for more than twenty years, performs analyzes of genetic modification of food and feed,.

Real-Time PCR is used with great reliability, to detect and quantify GMOs and consists of the following stages::

• Screening genetic elements
• Detecting of specific genetic modifications , specific for certain plant species (corn, soybean, oilseed rape, etc.),
• Quantitative determination of detected genetic modifications.

Since 2015, SP Laboratory has been testing genetic modifications within the flexible scope of accreditation, which allows it to permanently introduce new elements, after successful verifications.

List of accredited activities (methods, procedures) in the flexible field – determination of genetic modification