USDA Announces Availability of Biotech Regulatory Petitions for GM Crops
March 20, 2013| |
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the Agency has forwarded biotechnology regulatory actions to the Federal Register for publication. With the revised regulatory review process of APHIS, the public can now provide input on petitions for nonregulated status passed by developers of new biotech crops namely, insect resistant/herbicide tolerant soy (Dow), herbicide tolerant soy (Syngenta), and herbicide tolerant cotton (Monsanto).
The petitions for nonregulated status are available for public comment for 60 days. Through the public review, APHIS will be able to identify any possible environmental and interrelated economic issues which will be considered during the preparation on its final assessments and regulatory determinations.
Read the media release at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2013/02/brs_combined_petitions.shtml. For more information about the biotech crops under review, visit http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/news.shtml.
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