The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Friday released the first regulatory actions regarding genetically engineered crops prepared using a new review process that allows the agency to hasten approval.
The first GE product to complete the new process is a glyphosate-resistant canola from Pioneer.
The new process allows the agency to make a determination of nonregulated status for crops with GE traits that have already been approved in another crop, if the preliminary deregulation petitions were made public.
Read the full story here: USDA Announces First GE Regulatory Actions In ‘Streamlined Process’
Additional Resources:
- “USDA chronicles rapid adoption of biotech crops,” AgriPulse
- “U.S. Approves a Label for Meat From Animals Fed a Diet Free of Gene-Modified Products,” New York Times
