Philippines: Philippine Biotechnology Regulations to be Replaced

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A Joint Department Circular (JDC) was approved March 2016 that replaced existing Philippine GE regulations embodied in the Philippine Department of Agriculture’s Administrative Order No. 8 (AO 8). AO 8 was replaced after the Philippine Supreme Court, in a December 8, 2015 decision, ruled that AO 8 did not sufficiently cover minimum requirements of the principles of risk assessment as embodied in the National Biosafety Framework. The JDC is expected to be implemented on or after April 14, 2016, and experts anticipate the JDC to provide more consideration to socio-economic issues and environmental impacts in risk assessment procedures as compared to AO 8.

Philippines: Philippine Biotechnology Regulations to be Replaced

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements, New Technologies
East Asia and the Pacific, Philippines

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