Regulatory challenges reduce opportunities for horticultural biotechnology
Development of transgenic horticultural crops has slowed significantly in recent years for several reasons, including the European Union's moratorium on biotech approvals, lack of tolerance levels for adventitious (accidental) presence in food and seed, significantly...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2004-04-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v058n02p106 |
| Summary: | Development of transgenic horticultural crops has slowed significantly in recent years
for several reasons, including the European Union's moratorium on biotech approvals,
lack of tolerance levels for adventitious (accidental) presence in food and seed,
significantly increased regulatory costs and decreased acceptance by food wholesalers
and retailers. While progress in the United States has slowed and approvals in the
European Union stopped, some countries such as China continue to develop biotech products
for their internal and external markets that will affect the U.S. and California industry.
Within a few years, China will emerge as the leader in biotech horticultural crops. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |