Biotech Updates

Biosafety Regulations of Asia-Pacific Countries

October 3, 2008

An online version of "Biosafety regulations of Asia-Pacific countries", by K. Gupta, J.L. Karihaloo and R.K. Khetarpal, is now available. Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology (APCoAB) and the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), the document details the regulatory instruments related to biosafety of products of biotechnology for agriculture and food existing in 39 countries of Asia and the Pacific. It contains additional chapters providing an introduction to recent developments in agricultural biotechnology in the region, issues on biosafety, and international regulatory instruments on biosafety.

Download the document at http://www.apcoab.org/documents/bs_pub.pdf or contact kakoli.ghosh@fao.org for more information. For other FAO publications and events visit http://www.fao.org/biotech/..