The state of genetically modified crop regulation in Canada

The state of genetically modified crop regulation in Canada

Genetically modified (GM) crops were first commercialized in Canada in 1995 and the 2014 crop represents the 20th year of successful production. Prior to the first commercialization of GM crops, Canada reviewed its existing science-based regulatory framework and adapted the existing framework to allow for risk assessments on the new technology to be undertaken in a timely and efficient manner. ...

The Regulation of Genetically Modified Food

US regulatory system for genetically modified [genetically modified organism (GMO), rDNA or transgenic] crop cultivars.

This paper reviews the history of the federal regulatory oversight of plant agricultural biotechnology in the USA, focusing on the scientific and political forces moulding the continually evolving regulatory structure in place today. Unlike most other jurisdictions, the USA decided to adapt pre-existing legislation to encompass products of biotechnology. In so doing, it established an overarchi...

Distributed BioSensors in Genetically Modified crop trial monitoring

1. The latest release statistics from the two major biological databases shown in Figure 1 show that the trend for information generation has been linear in the case of protein, but exponential for the addition of sequence data. This disparity is largely due to the method of data acquisition (DNA sequencing has, for the last five or so years been largely automated), but the trend is obvious in ...

Regulation of Genetically Modified Food Use in the Russian Federation

Practical application of new methods of а plant genome transformation resulted in the need for strict regulation of the safety assessment process of genetically modified organisms of plant origin, intended for use in food. The devise of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) of plant origin safety assessment system, which is currently valid in the Russian Federation, was initiated in 19951996. No...