Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
December, 2006

Source: Faraja Mgwabati, Daily News via Meridian Institute's Food Security and Ag-Biotech News

The government of Tanzania has developed a new policy called the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) to limit importation of genetically-modified organism (GMO) technology.

The NBF was prepared in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol and is intended to prevent “environmental and socio-economic effects” of GMOs.

The article says that the NBF, which requires filing an application and obtaining written government approval to import GMOs, could be perceived as a government gesture towards allowing GMO technology and products because there has not yet been any individual or institutional importation of GMOs in Tanzania.

The NBF’s coordinator, Dr. Shaabani Mwinjaka, said, “We cannot forbid importation of the technology because there are some good uses of it such as Insulin.”

The article can be viewed online at http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/page.php?id=5002