Plant Genetic Engineering and Regulation in the United States
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Genetic engineering (GE) is the application of recombinant DNA (rDNA) technologies to living organisms to provide new products and enhance existing ones. These products of biotechnology can include insulin and other pharmaceutical and medical applications, specialty enzymes for food production from GE microbes, and GE (also called “transgenic”) crops used in agriculture. These products of rDNA are regulated by various government agencies to assure product safety for human health and the environment. This publication describes the U.S. approach to regulating GE plants.
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Safety testing and regulation of genetically engineered foods.
Abbreviations: BRAD: US EPA Biopesticides Registration Action Document, EA: Environmental Assessment, EC: European Commission, EPA: US Environmental Protection Agency, FAO: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, FDA: US Food and Drug Administration, FFDCA: Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, GE: genetically engineered, MRID: Master Re...
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