Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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<< ...regarding importation of manipulated animals... >>

This is what I have been trying to tell everyone for a few months, but it seems to fall on deaf ears.

KBLB needs to provide 2 things to MARD in order to get into Vietnam: (1) a biosafety document from the U.S. State Dept, and (2) a document from the USDA.

And both of those things will take months or years to obtain. But this is no different than what they will find in almost any other country. So dumping Vietnam and going to another country won't be easy either.

"A representative from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has received a dossier from Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (USA) for the project to import and produce genetically modified silkworms (spider silkworms). After considering the dossier, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) found that the dossier was missing: (1) The biosafety certificate granted for the gene transfer event to the silkworm variety meeting the requirements in Article 22, Article 23 Decree 69/2010 / ND-CP dated 21 June 2010 of the Government on management of biological safety of genetically modified organisms. (2) License for use of genetically modified (AI) silkworms in US Department of Agriculture (USDA) mass production."

http://vietseri.vn/Chi-tiet-tin/Tin-tuc/11752/trien-khai-du-an-nhap-va-nuoi-tam-bien-doi-gen

You can read Vietnamese Decree 69/2010 (Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, Genetic specimen and Products Derived from Genetically Modified Organisms) here:

http://www.biosafetyscanner.org/pdf/doc/456_allegato.pdf

<< ... the progress continues and it seems like the light is turning green ... >>

Another forward-looking statement. "It seems like" the light is turning green, but they don't know for sure. Same old, same old.