iosafety (biosafety regulation) means the need to protect human and animal health and environment from the possible adverse effects of the products of modern biotechnology.
Biosafety defines the containment conditions under which infectious agents can be safely manipulated..
challenges to biosafety regulations.
Plants Improved traits against abiotic stresses (Drought tolerance, salt/cold tolerance, high aluminum soils) Improved quality (higher level of nutrient in plant, better postharvest quality, reduced level of anti- nutrients) Production of novel product in plant (pharmaceuticals or industrials) .
3.4 Separate biosafety regulatory regime An act or rules, whatever it may be, shall be framed in order to regulate the development, field test, general release, import, export, use, transfer, handling and transboundary movements of GMOs that might pose threat to biodiversity, environment and human health.
In the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and other industrialized countries, the agencies in charge of biosafety regulations have full time scientist- and nonscientist staff.
It has also been observed that some of the IBCs pass on to the NCBP issues or questions that should have been decided upon at their level.
