Description: Biosafety Regulation : A Review of International Approaches

Biosafety Regulation : A Review of International Approaches

The focus of this report is crop biotechnology, as developing countries are faced with evaluating genetically engineered plants for human, livestock, and environmental safety. These genetically engineered plants can potentially contribute to agric...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	BIOSAFETY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRANSPARENCY; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; AGENDA 21 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANIMALS APPLICATIONS ASSURANCE BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGY BIOSAFETY BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY BREEDING CAPACITY BUILDING COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CORN COTTON CROP CROPS CULTIVATION DECISIONMAKING DIET DISEASES ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ETHICS EUROPEAN COMMISSION FAO FARM FARMERS FEED FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FORESTS GENETIC ENGINEERING HEAVY METALS HERBICIDES HYBRIDS IMPORTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ISNAR LAND RECLAMATION LEGISLATION LIVESTOCK NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUTRITION PESTICIDE PLANT BREEDERS PLANT BREEDING PLANT HEALTH PLANT PESTS PLANT PROTECTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PROGRAMS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUARANTINE RAPE RAPESEED RATES REGULATORY APPROACHES RICE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALINIZATION SCIENTIFIC ADVICE SEED SEEDS SOIL CONSERVATION SOILS SUSTAINABLE USE TOMATOES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS UNCED UNEP UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME UPOV YIELD LOSS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2804602/biosafety-regulation-review-international-approaches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14358

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Summary:	The focus of this report is crop biotechnology, as developing countries are faced with evaluating genetically engineered plants for human, livestock, and environmental safety. These genetically engineered plants can potentially contribute to agricultural productivity in developing regions when appropriately deployed, but there is uncertainty about the potential for adverse consequences to environmental and human health. The result has been regulatory regimes that are applied specifically to assess the safety of these products. The experiences of countries with long-established biosafety systems, while not providing a single best practice model for ensuring biosafety, point to a common set of issues facing governments and policymakers. These issues are in the areas of: the design and objectives of a regulatory system; implementation mechanisms and regulatory structures; a series of crosscutting considerations including transparency, public involvement, integrating biosafety regulation in other national policy objectives; and regional or international harmonization. Drawing from selected country experiences, the report explores each of these issues in detail and provides policy direction on points of consensus. Additional country-specific detail on the regulatory approaches tested in countries where genetically engineered plants have been approved for commercialization is presented.

Biosafety Regulation : A Review of International Approaches

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