Number: RL32809
Title: Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues
Authors: Geoffrey S. Becker and Tadlock Cowan, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The growth of biotechnology has spawned a number of public policy questions. What are the environmental and food safety impacts of GE crops and animals? What limitations and opportunities are exporters of GE crops finding in an increasingly global marketplace? Is the current U.S. regulatory framework, which is based primarily upon statutory authorities enacted before the rise of agricultural biotechnology, still adequate?
Pages: 22
Date: September 5, 2006