Nigeria biosafety act

  • What are the functions of National Biosafety Authority?

    Welcome to National Biosafety Authority
    The objective and purpose for which the Authority was established is to regulate research and commercial activities involving GMOs with a view to ensuring safety of human and animal health and provision of an adequate level of protection of the environment..

  • What are the objectives and regulatory framework of Nigeria biosafety Management Agency?

    The main objective of the NBMA is to ensure adequate levels of protection in the field of safe transfer, handling, and use of genetically modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology and emerging technologies that may have adverse impacts on conservation and sustainable use of Biodiversity taking into account .

  • What is the biosafety Act in Nigeria?

    National Biosafety Management Agency Act, 2015: This law provides regulatory framework, institutional and administrative mechanism for safety measures in the application of modern biotechnology in Nigeria with a view to preventing any potential adverse effect on human health, animal, plant and the environment..

  • What is the function of the NBMA?

    Carry out and maintain inventory of laboratories with physical and human capacities to conducts research in modern biotechnology.
    Monitor the activities of institutional committees and Biosafety officers.
    Coordinate biosecurity activities across the country.
    Ensure the elimination of harmful biological weapons..

  • What is the role of the NBMA?

    The National Biosafety Management Agency regulates modern biotechnology activities and the release into the environment, handling, and use of genetically modified organisms which are products of modern biotechnology to prevent adverse impact on the environment and human health..

  • Carry out and maintain inventory of laboratories with physical and human capacities to conducts research in modern biotechnology.
    Monitor the activities of institutional committees and Biosafety officers.
    Coordinate biosecurity activities across the country.
    Ensure the elimination of harmful biological weapons.
National Biosafety Management Agency Act, 2015: This law provides regulatory framework, institutional and administrative mechanism for safety measures in the application of modern biotechnology in Nigeria with a view to preventing any potential adverse effect on human health, animal, plant and the environment.
NBMA is the regulatory body responsible for the oversight, regulation, and management of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria. We take our 
The purpose of the Act is to set up an institutional framework to regulate the activities involving biotechnology within Nigeria, without losing sight of the health and environmental risks associated with such activities.
This Act established the National Biosafety Management Agency, charged with the responsibility of providing regulatory framework, institutional and 

What is the National Biosafety authority?

The National Biosafety Authority was established in 2010to regulate all activitiesinvolving genetically modified organisms.
All activities with genetically modified organismsin Kenya are regulated under the Biosafety Act, 2009 (Act No. 2, of 2009).

What is the scope of the Biosafety Act 2011?

BIOSAFETY ACT, 2011 AN ACT to regulate biotechnology and to provide for related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT:

  • PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:
  • Scope
  • objectives and establishment Scope of the Act 1. (1) The requirements of this Act are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the requirements imposed by any other enactment.

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