India, May 9 -- In response to US President Biden's Executive Order 14081, "Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy," the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) havedeveloped a planto update, streamline, and clarify their regulations and oversight mechanisms for products of biotechnology.

The plan helps meet the President's goals of ensuring public confidence in the biotechnology regulatory system and improving its transparency, predictability, coordination, and efficiency.Through engagement with developers and stakeholders, as well as horizon scanning for novel biotechnology pr...