State regulation of the biotechnology (GM) agricultural products: analysis of different approaches in the world


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Although GM crops are cultivated on 175 million hectares in 27 countries, the regulation of agricultural biotechnology is in its becoming. In the future, many countries, of course, will lead to market biotech products, and the main focus will be biosafety issues for humans and the environment. Some countries have special regulatory mechanisms, others do not have the original national regulatory system, but their actions are under the provisions of international treaties for the production and handling of GM products. What are the main components of a strict but not stifling regulatory system? What are the disadvantages of existing systems? The article presents an overview of the state regulation systems of biotech agricultural products in the US, the EU, Argentina, South Africa and Brazil.

About the authors

Irina Vladimirovna Yakovleva

Centre «Bioengineering», Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Center of Biotechnology RAS

Email: iacgea@biengi.ac.ru
Sc. Researcher, Plant Systemsbiology laboratory

Svetlana Vladimirovna Vinogradova

Centre «Bioengineering», Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Center of Biotechnology RAS

Email: sveta2506@bk.ru
Sc. Researcher (PhD), Phytopathology laboratory

Anastasiya Mikhaylovna Kamionskaya

Centre «Bioengineering», Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Center of Biotechnology RAS

Email: akatio@biengi.ac.ru
Leading Sc. Researcher (PhD), Deputy Director

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