USDA
USDA's Agricultural Biotechnology—Includes news, laws, and regulations, and
info on research and trade.
APHIS' Agricultural
Biotechnology—Regulations, permitting, and more.
National Agricultural
Library—Access to selected sources, services
and publications covering many aspects of agricultural biotechnology.
Foreign Agricultural
Service - Current Trade Issues—Covers biotechnology and
information on Starlink corn.
Foreign
Agricultural Service - Biosafety Protocol—A factsheet
on the international biosafety protocol and what it means
for agricultural trade.
Identity Preserved
Grain: Logistical Overview—Is preserving the identity of
grain from field to customer an economically viable marketing option?
An Agricultural Marketing Service paper.
Information Systems for
Biotechnology - A National Resource in Agbiotech Information—A
USDA-sponsored site that provides documents and searchable databases
pertaining to the development, testing and regulatory review of
genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms in the U.S.
and abroad.
Agricultural Research Service—Provides
information about ongoing public research on biotechnology.
Office of Technology Transfer—Information
about patents, partnerships, and access to technologies.
National
Agricultural Biotechnology Council—A forum for annual public
meetings about the safe, ethical, and efficacious development of
agricultural biotechnology products sponsored by Extension at Cornell,
Iowa State, and UC Davis universities.
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Biotechnology—News, public meetings, and background on FDA regulation
of bioengineered foods.
Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition—Links and information
from this FDA-supported site.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's
Pesticide Program—Lists topics related to the regulation
of biopesticides and plant-incorporated protectants, such as
Bt. Also
lists decisions regarding plant pesticide regulation, including release of
biotech varieties with pesticidal properties.
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