Regulators should replace them with triggers based on demonstrated or plausible hazards to humans, livestock, wildlife, or ecosystems.
The first step is to discard regulatory triggers based on a specific production technology. Regulators should replace them with triggers based on demonstrated or plausible hazards to humans, livestock, wildlife, or ecosystems. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has reminded agencies of their responsibility to do this.12 The USDA has made commendable progress, but the EPA and FDA continue to lag—to say nothing of regulators in other countries.13