Proposal to Exempt Plants with Additional Modifications Produced Using Genetic Engineering That are Otherwise Achievable by Conventional Breeding

The following Stakeholder Message was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on July 16, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is soliciting feedback on a proposal to add three modifications that plants could contain and be exempt from USDA’s biotechnology regulations. These modifications are similar and functionally equivalent to modifications that could otherwise be achieved through conventional breeding.

The three additional modifications that plants could contain and be exempt from USDA’s biotechnology regulations are: The Federal Register notice can be viewed now on the News page of the APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services website. Beginning Monday, members of the public will be able to submit comments through Aug. 18, 2021, by going to www.regulations.gov and entering “APHIS-2020-0072" into the Search field.Federal Register Notice

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service