In the decades since, this policy helped to enable the rapid development and commercialization of new varieties of plants improved through biotechnology.1 Innovations in microbial applications and livestock followed more slowly, however, and the primary reason for this differential is illuminating.
In 1986, the United States established a “Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology.” In the decades since, this policy helped to enable the rapid development and commercialization of new varieties of plants improved through biotechnology.1 Innovations in microbial applications and livestock followed more slowly, however, and the primary reason for this differential is illuminating.