Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 10/27/21


The United States must modernize its regulation of agricultural biotechnology, especially in livestock, to reap the benefits of gene editing and to lead the world in breakthroughs of food production, said a panel of scientists on Tuesday. Joined by some farm-state lawmakers, panelists said the FDA and USDA should share duties in regulation of GE plants and animals. While dozens of biotech crops are on the market after USDA review, the FDA has approved only two GE animals – far more complex organisms – for human consumption: a salmon in 2015 and a pig in 2020. The pig was approved for biomedical use as well.

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