Genetically engineered crops : agencies are proposing changes to improve oversight, but could take additional steps to enhance coordination and monitoring : report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate /

Genetically engineered (GE) crops--including crops engineered to resist pests or tolerate herbicides--are widespread in the United States and around the world. Taking direction from the 1986 Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environment...

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Corporate Authors:	United States. Government Accountability Office, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
Subjects:	Genetically modified foods. Crops > Genetic engineering > United States. Agricultural biotechnology > United States. Transgenic plants > Risk assessment > United States. Transgenic plants > Environmental aspects > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS112263

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Summary:	Genetically engineered (GE) crops--including crops engineered to resist pests or tolerate herbicides--are widespread in the United States and around the world. Taking direction from the 1986 Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulate GE crops to ensure that they are safe. The unauthorized mixing of some GE crops with non-GE crops has caused controversy and financial harm. GAO examined (1) unauthorized releases of GE crops, (2) coordination among the three agencies, and (3) additional actions they have proposed to improve oversight. GAO gathered data from agencies and stakeholders; used criteria from prior GAO work to assess coordination; and reviewed agency proposals.
Item Description:	"November 2008." "GAO-09-60." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	iii, 103 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 12/1/2008: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0960.pdf ; current access available via PURL. Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 1, 2008).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.