New Technologies
USDA supports the safe and appropriate use of science and technology, including biotechnology, to help meet agricultural challenges and consumer needs of the 21st century. USDA plays a key role in assuring that products produced using biotechnology are safe to be grown and used in the United States. Once these products enter commerce, USDA supports bringing these and other products to the worldwide marketplace.
Resources
To address challenges arising from disparities in how biotechnology is regulated around the world, the United States and other nations have endorsed the following statements:
- International Statement on Agricultural applications of Precision Biotechnology (November 2018)
- Principles, Criteria and Practical Approaches for Addressing LLP in International Food and Feed Trade of Plant Materials (July 2017)
- Joint Statement on Innovative Agricultural Production Technologies, Particularly Plant Biotechnologies (April 2013)
- International Statement on Low-Level Presence (March 2012)
- International Joint Statement on Animal Cloning for Livestock Production (March 2011)
Data and Analysis
On April 29, the European Commission launched a public consultation on "legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques,"
In September 2021, the Hong Kong government decided not to launch a scheme requiring pre-market safety assessments for biotech events initially proposed in 2013. Hong Kong did not have any policy changes on regulating genetically engineered (GE)...
As of October 2021, Israel does not have a policy restricting the use of imported genetically engineered (GE) commodities or derivative products. There are no changes in Israel’s policy towards plant, animal biotechnology, and microbial biotechnology...
News and Features
Secretary Vilsack and Mexico Agriculture Secretary Victor Villalobos met this week to continue cooperation on shared priorities including open trade, science-based policy making, and sustainable and climate-smart agricultural production.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke about climate, sustainability, conservation, innovation, technology, research, and related issues at the Brussels-based Forum for the Future of Agriculture on March 21, 2021.
November 2, 2020
Economic and Food Security Impacts of EU Farm to Fork Strategy
On November 2, 2020, USDA's Economic Research Service released a report looking at the potential economic and related impacts of the European Commission’s proposed Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies. Economic and Food Security Impacts of...