USA
July 2, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invites public comment for 60 days on a Request for Information (RFI). The RFI explores options to reduce the regulatory burden for modified microbes and is available now in the Federal Register.

Specifically, APHIS requests comments to help identify:

• Potential criteria and mechanisms for risk-based deregulation of engineered microbes;
• Prospective regulatory and non-regulatory pathways to commercialization; 
• A possible regulatory framework that could inform future rulemaking; and 
• Viable non-regulatory solutions for APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services to improve coordination with APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

All comments should be received on or before September 3, 2024. 

VIEW AND COMMENT ON THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE

Postal Mail: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2024-0002, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. 

Website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

Published: July 2, 2024