Abstract:

Based on the characteristics of gene editing technology and the actual needs of expanding and expediting biological breeding industrialization, it is necessary to establish an independent gene edited food labeling system based on the detectability standard. There are many approaches of gene edited food labeling system internationally, the EU categorizes the objects of gene edited food labeling; the US reflects the transparency of the labeling system from the aspects of legal basis, system content and public participation; and the Canada is open to introducing gene edited food into a voluntary transparency initiative. In the process of industrializing gene edited crops in China, the top-level design of gene edited food labeling system should be strengthened by formulating special legal documents, improving the domestic rules system, strengthening international communication and cooperation, and docking international rules benignly. The content of gene edited food labeling system should be optimized by identifying the objects of labeling, refinement of the contents of labeling and unification of the types of labeling. The guarantee measures of gene edited food labeling system should be improved by perfecting the traceability system, establishing the public database and improving consumer awareness, in order to maintain consumers’ rights to choose and know, promote the high-quality and sustainable development of the biological breeding industry, ensure national biosecurity and improve the competitiveness of application and supervision on emerging biotechnology of China in the agricultural field.

Key words: gene edited food labeling, detectability, voluntary labeling, traceability management, public database