Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to GM soya cake?

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Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to GM soya cake?

A. Government of India has recently relaxed the rules for import of crushed and de-oiled GM soya cake.

B. Soyabean meal is an essential raw material for the poultry industry.

C. Both A & B

D. None of these

Explanation:

The government relaxed norms for import of 12 lakh tonne of genetically modified crushed and de-oiled soya cake, used as livestock feed. The said relaxation comes after clarification and prior permission from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that “Since soya de-oiled and crushed (DOC) cake does not contain any living modified organism, this Ministry has no concerns and no objection for import of soya cakes from an environmental angle”.

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