The National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) was created by Executive Order No. 430 on 15 October 1990 to provide oversight to all genetic engineering experiments with the issuance of Executive Order No. 514 on 17 March 2006. The NCBP is an interdepartmental committee comprising the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
The NCBP is the lead body to coordinate inter-agency and multi-sectoral efforts to develop biosafety policies in the country (where such are not already stipulated by law) and set scientific, technical and procedural standards on actions by agencies and other sectors to promote biosafety in the Philippines; oversee the implementation of the National Biosafety Framework; act as clearing house for biosafety matters; and coordinate and harmonize the efforts of all concerned agencies and department.