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APHIS Releases New Strategic Plan for 2023-2027, Includes Biotechnology Objectives

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it published a new five-year strategic plan. The plan includes six strategic goals that focus on working to: Protect agriculture from plant and animal diseases and pests. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton On April 25, 2023, the U.S.

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APHIS 2022 Impact Report Includes Summary of Biotechnology Activities

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the release of its 2022 impact report. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton On July 12, 2023, the U.S.

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CRS Publishes Report on Regulation of Gene-Edited Plants and Issues for Congress

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Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology, which coordinates how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate biotechnology products to ensure their safety. Gene-edited plants are regulated under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S.

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OECD Working Party on the Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology Met in April 2023

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Hutton The July 2023 issue of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Chemical Safety and Biosafety Progress Report includes a summary of the April 2023 meeting of the Party on the Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology (WP-HROB).

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NIFA Will Hold RFA Technical Assistance Webinar on Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) program supports the generation of new information that will assist federal regulatory agencies in making science-based decisions about the environmental effects of introducing genetically engineered organisms. Bergeson and Carla N.

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APHIS Issues RSR Responses under Revised Biotechnology Regulations

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it reviewed a new tomato from Norfolk Plant Sciences. APHIS’s Regulatory Status Review (RSR) responses under the revised biotechnology regulations at 7 C.F.R. Bergeson and Carla N. On September 7, 2022, the U.S.

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Library of Congress Publishes Article on South Korea’s Act on Promoting the Green Bio Industry

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According to the article, South Korea published the Act on Promoting the Green Bio Industry (Green Bio Act) on January 2, 2024.