USDA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON DEREGULATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PAPAYA
August 29, 2008
August 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on a petition to deregulate a papaya genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to papaya ringspot virus. APHIS has regulated the papaya through its notification process since 1999.
The petition for deregulation, . . .
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on a petition to deregulate a papaya genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to papaya ringspot virus. APHIS has regulated the papaya through its notification process since 1999.
The petition for deregulation, . . .