By and for the People Responds to APHIS's Proposed Exemptions for GMOs
January 21, 2024
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed to add five new types of genetic modifications a plant can contain and be exempt from the biotech regulations for the movement of organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering. By and for the People responds!
By and for the People organization submitted a response to APHIS's Proposed Exemptions: Movement of Organisms Modified or Produced through Genetic Engineering. The public comment period was extended three times (a little insight). Our response has yet to be recorded and published online, but it's only a matter of time until it's made accessible to the public to view.
Get a first look and read our response to APHIS here.
9/26, Submitted Letter to the Natural Resources Committee Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee
Comment Period Ended: Jul 21, 2025 for responding to "advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a revised draft environmental impact statement (EIS) and revised draft plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) evaluating the potential environmental impacts and plant pest risk that may result from the approval of a petition for nonregulated status for blight-tolerant American chestnut. We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a revised draft environmental impact statement (EIS) and revised draft plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) evaluating the potential environmental impacts and plant pest risk that may result from the approval of a petition for nonregulated status for blight-tolerant American chestnut" -
Fish and Wildlife Services request for public comment on "proposed rules" of "plants and animals"
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