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USDA eases biotech regulations to exempt some crops

05/14/20 3:33 PM By Steve Davies and Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service biotechnology gene editing genetic engineering Part 340 regulations
The Agriculture Department has finalized a sweeping overhaul of its approval process for biotech crops that will exempt some gene modifications from regulation and allow developers to decide on their own whether their products qualify.
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