Biotech Updates

US Seeks Comment on GM Alfalfa

January 11, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment to shape the scope of an environmental impact statement (EIS) regarding the status of the genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa. The EIS will be prepared to evaluate the potential effects of deregulating the GE alfalfa. APHIS has outlined important issues that will be addressed in the EIS. These include impacts on food and feed, U.S. trade and threatened and endangered species.

Comments can be posted and viewed online at  http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007-0044.