French PVC new packaging film put into use

France introduced two new packaging films made from ordinary polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials to the market, which can be used to identify the use of genetically modified raw materials for packaged foods.

Using this specially treated PVC film for packaging, it is possible to identify whether the package contents such as soybean oil are processed from the genetically modified soybean material, even for soybean food containing only 5 to 10% of the genetically modified components. It is mainly used to package non-genetically modified soybeans planted in southern Europe as a follow-up inspection and to ensure that they cannot be blended with genetically modified soy materials during circulation.