Regulating Next Generation Agri-Food Biotechnologies

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<P>Agri-food bio-technology policy and regulation is transitioning from an early period focused on genetic engineering technologies to ¿next-generation¿ rules and regulatory processes linked to challenges originating in a wide variety of new technological processes and applications. Can lessons learned from past and current regulatory oversights of agricultural biotechnology ¿ and other high-technology sectors ¿ help us address new and emerging regulatory challenges in the agri-food genetics sector?</P><P>The expert contributors in this volume discuss the experiences of a wide range of North American, European and Asian countries with high technology regulation to address four key questions related to the past and future development of agri-food genomics regulation across the globe.</P><UL><P><LI>how unique is agri-food biotechology regulation, and how can it be evaluated using the existing tools of regulatory analysis developed in examinations of other sectors? </LI><LI>is a ¿governme