USDA Reports On Biotech in Brazil

Agricultural biotechnology in Brazil continues to be a “difficult issue” as government agencies, and consumer and environmental groups have yet to agree on how to approach commercial applications for biotech products. Differences between these groups have kept CTNBio, the National Commission of Biosafety, from approving new biotech events. This is the scenario forwarded by a report from the United States Department of Agriculture.

The report says that despite the approval and implementation of Brazil’s biosafety law, the establishment of a National Development Policy Plan for Biotechnology, and a National Committee on Biotechnology, Brazil is still unclear about how to move forward as the government has declined to cite funding sources for the plan. It has also been unable to address legal problems faced by CTNBio.

See the full report at
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200702/146280222.pdf