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GMO: REGULATORY POLICIES

SAMSON L. MANGIN
Responsible
Responsible agencies
agencies for
for safety
safety
assessment
assessment and
and compliance:
compliance:

• Bureau of Plant Industry - lead agency

and single-entry point for applications and
issuance of permits
• Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries
Product Standards – for food safety
assessment
• Bureau of Animal Industry – for feed
safety assessment

• Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority - for

the assessment of pest-protected plants
 Submit:
• 5 copies of Application Form
• support documents (technical
Applicant dossier; copy of PIS; & BPI certification
that reg.art. has undergone satisfactory
field testing in the Phils.

60 days BPI 90 days period APPROVED

grace
5 days DENIED
period to
process/
correct
evaluation Evaluation and
defects
period risk assessment STRP

NO Sufficient in YES In all instances

BAFPS
Form & 30
Substance? days
If pest-protected
plant FPA period

If intended
BAI
APPLICATION TO RELEASE as feed
FOR PROPAGATION
For conduct Applicant
of public
Shall publish PIS in 2 papers, &
Retrieved from:
http://biotech.da.gov.ph/upload/m.o.-no.113s.2020-10282020.pdf
consultation invite comments w/in 30-day pd.
 DOMESTIC REGULATIONS
VIS-À-VIS INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS

The Philippine GMO regulations are in compliance with

the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Codex
Commission Principles and Guideline. The regulations
are continuously evaluated and modified to conform to
internationally accepted standards and best practices.
 Cartagena Protocol
on Biosafety and
Codex Alimentarius
Commission
 Codex Alimentarius Commission

Established in 1962, aims to protect the health of

consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade. This
international forum brings together scientists, technical
experts, government regulators and international consumer
and industry organizations.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

- is an international agreement (treaty),

concluded and adopted in the framework of the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
 What is the Protocol’s objective?

“contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in

the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living
modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology
that may have adverse effects on the conservation and
sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into
account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on
transboundary movements”
 What does the Biosafety Protocol do?

It assists developing countries in

building their capacity for managing
modern biotechnology
http://biotech.da.gov.ph/upload/m.o.-no.113s.2020-10282020.pdf
https://www.longdom.org/openaccess/biosafetyissuesofgeneticallymodifiedorgan
isms21670331.1000e150.pdf

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