"Under a policy developed in 1986, three lead federal agencies—the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration (HHS/FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—have the responsibility for implementing the nation’s biotechnology regulatory framework. Within this framework, the U.S. regulatory process is constantly being reassessed and refined for all foods, both bioengineered and traditional."
—from Food Safety: Regulating Plant Agricultural Biotechnology in the United States