Biotech Regs Get New Review
July 31, 2015
Government regulations are suffocating the use of biotechnology to bring more and better food crops and animals to consumers, two leading observers of the field recently argued in Issues. In apparent agreement, the Obama administration announced in early July (here and here) that it is planning to update regulation of a variety of biotechnology products, saying that the system had become outdated and confusing and did not foster public confidence.