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National and International Regulatory Mechanism for GMO

Chapter Objectives:

It is well known that the applications of biotechnology are ever-expanding. The production and release of the resulting genetically engineered organism have raised concern about possible risk to human and to the environment. Accordingly all biotechnological research has to be carried within a regulatory biosafety framework to conform to the establishment of national and international regulatory structure and biosafety guidelines, as it will ensure the GMO continues to be safe and does not expose employees, the communities and the environment to any possible hazard. Keeping this in mind this chapter will take students to different national and international regulatory ...

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