- FDA regulates human and animal food from plants, including plants produced through genetic engineering (GE), under the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Foods derived from new plant
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Office of Science and Technology Policy Requests Public Input on Biotechnology Regulation
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- The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a request for information (RFI) today in which it invites public comment on the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology
FDA Completes Review of GE Canola Seeds After Response to Last Year’s Inadvertent Release
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- Plants produced through genetic engineering (GE) are subject to the same FDA safety standards as other plants. Given the possibility for food from some GE plants to have new allergens,
Release by FDA, USDA, and EPA of New Joint Website on Biotechnology Regulation
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- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation on January 9, 2020.
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FDA Holds Ground in Challenge over GE Animal Regulatory Authority
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- As previously reported on this blog, on June 11, the President issued Executive Order Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products, ensuring coordination across federal regulatory agencies
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FDA Promotes Programs for Safe Use of Biotechnology
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- Drs. Susan Mayne, head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), and Dennis Keefe (head of CFSAN’s Office of Food Additive Safety)
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FDA Announces Plant and Animal Biotechnology Innovation Action Plan
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- In an October 30 press release, FDA announced their new Plant and Animal Biotechnology Innovation Action Plan in an effort to foster advances in the field as new technologies
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USDA Withdraws Biotech Regulation Proposal
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- As previously covered on this blog, on January 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)published a proposed rule to update
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FDA Announces November 2017 Public Meetings Concerning Its Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative
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- On April 18, 2017, as the House Committee on Appropriations marked up the FY 2017 agriculture spending bill, more than 65 agriculture and food industry groups sent a letter to