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Directive Issued to Establish Procedures for the Management of Risks from any Transaction Involving Modified Organisms No. 06/2018”

Country/Territory
Ethiopia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Genetic resources Genetically modified organism (GMO) Biosafety Risk assessment/management Early warning system Hazards Authorization/permit Institution Biotechnology
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel
Abstract

This Directive shall apply to manage any unforeseen risk arising from deliberate and unintentional release during making, use in teaching, research, import, export, transit, contained production, transport, storage, processing and putting in the market of any modified organisms. In this directive the Risk arising from unintentional release includes, inter alia; 1) Spillage from storage or transportation, 2) release out of Human error; 3) Release out of force majeure.

Full text
English/Amharic
Website
www.epa.gov.et