Weekly Policy Blog: EPA, FDA, and USDA Release Joint Regulatory Plan for Biotechnology

CBSA and our partners at Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) welcome the joint plan that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released on May 8 to update, coordinate, and streamline their regulations and oversight for plants, animals, and microorganisms modified through biotechnology. The new Plan for Regulatory Reform under the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology is a “whole-of-government approach to the regulation of biotechnology products” that has been anticipated since President Biden’s September 2022 Executive Order 14081 created a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative to accelerate biotechnology innovation and grow America’s bioeconomy.  

The Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology 

The Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology was first established by the…
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