The Presence of GMO in Soybean Samples and Products Made of Soybean Examined in Salaj County

Achievement, commercialization and cultivation of Genetic Modified Organism (GMO) there are very controversial aspects with implications in several domains. The detection of GMO will become a necessity in the future due to the legislative requests which are quite severe when it comes to commercializing these products. In this context, it is imposed to approach several methodologies for laboratory diagnosis in order to detect GMO in food, fodder, seeds etc. Within the DSVSA Laboratory Salaj, was initiated the detection activity for GMO, with the help of PCR-qualitative method and there were examined, in this year 54 samples of soybean and products derived from soybean, with good results for 11 samples. Although, from statistical point of view these results are not significant, there may be remarked the fact that there are genetic modified organisms whose presence must be determined in the specific laboratory.