(At Step 8 of the Procedure)
Section 2. Definition of Terms
For the purpose of the General Standard:
Food and food ingredients obtained through certain techniques of genetic modification/genetic engineering means food and food ingredients composed of or containing genetically modified/engineered organisms obtained through modern biotechnology, or food and food ingredients produced from, but not containing genetically modified/engineered organisms obtained through modern biotechnology.
Organism means any biological entity capable of replication, reproduction or of transferring genetic material.
Genetically modified/engineered organism means an organism in which the genetic material has been changed through modern biotechnology in a way that does not occur naturally by multiplication and/or natural recombination.
Modern biotechnology means the application of:
a. In vitro nucleic acid techniques[20], including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and direct injection of nucleic acid into cells or organelles, or
b. Fusion of cells[21] beyond the taxonomic family,
that overcome natural physiological, reproductive or recombination barriers and that are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection