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Biosafety Organization
(ORG)
published: 29 Sep 2006
last updated: 29 Mar 2021
Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) - USDA-APHIS
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Person:Mr. David Heron4700 River Road, Unit 147Riverdale, MD
20737, United States of AmericaPhone: +1.301.734.5295,Fax: +1.301.734.8669,Email: David.S.Heron@aphis.usda.gov,Website:Related OrganizationBiotechnology Regulatory Services, USDA-APHIS ()4700 River Road, Unit 147Riverdale, MD
20737, United States of AmericaPhone: +1.301.734.5295,Fax: +1.301.734.8669,Email: David.S.Heron@aphis.usda.gov,Website:
4700 River Road
Unit 147
Riverdale,
MD20737, United States of America
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General biosafetyEN
Biotechnology, trade and the environment
Identification of LMOs
Legislative and regulatory framework
Public awareness, education and participation
Risk assessment and risk management
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) program regulates the field testing, movement, and importation of genetically engineered (GE) organisms that are known to be, or could be plant pests. BRS issues various types of permits for each of these activities. A Compliance & Enforcement program inspects, audits, and oversees activities under the permit process. BRS also evaluates petitions for deregulation to ensure that products being considered for removal from regulation do not pose a threat to U.S. agricultural or environmental health.
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BRS provides biosafety training to regulators and risk assessors who are responsible for evaluating environmental safety of LMOs. It provides training couses that are largely custom-made for the audience: some are workshops focusing on the wide range of components involved in implementing a biosafety framework, whereas others deal with specific components in greater detail. An example of a detailed training session would be a multi-day workshop focussing on approaches and hands-on cases of handling requests received by the government, including legal and adminstrative aspects, technical and scientific aspects related to reviews, actual risk assessments, preparation of decision documents, developing and maintaining systems for enforcement and compliance, designing approaches to monitor potential environmental effects, and implementing systems for effective public communication and participation. Some of this training is done in the U.S., but some is done in workshops done in host countries.
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