( October 30, 2026, 19:48 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Homeland Security announced that it has added three Chinese genomic companies to its Entity List for forced Uyghur labor. Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, companies on the list are barred from exporting merchandise to the US unless they can demonstrate that they were not produced using forced labor. The three companies are BGI Genomics Co., Ltd., MGI Tech Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen BGI Technology Co., Ltd.Statement follows below:...
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