Comment to USDA re: Proposed Rulemaking for the Regulation of the Movement of Animals Modified or Developed by Genetic Engineering
CSPI, along with the Consumer Federation of America, Environmental Defense Fund, and National Wildlife Federation, submitted the following comment to USDA regarding the Department's advanced notice of a proposed overhaul of its regulatory approach to genetically engineered animals. The groups enumerate their concerns with the proposal, and lay out an agenda for creating a rigorous, transparent regulatory scheme that provides for science-based premarket approval of future GE food animals.