Biosafety is defined as a
“Set of measures or actions addressing the safety aspects related to the application
of biotechnologies and to the release into the environment of transgenic plants
and organisms, particularly microorganisms, that could negatively affect plant genetic
resources, plant, animal or human health, or the environment” (UNEP Glossary 2007)
The term “biosafety” is generally used to
describe frameworks of policy, regulation and management to control potential
risks associated with the use of new biotechnologies (“New biotechnologies”
being a term used to differentiate processes that use modern techniques of
biotechnology, such as recombinant DNA techniques, from traditional breeding
and improvement techniques used in agriculture), including their use, release
and transboundary movements.
Biosafety frameworks may also address risk
communication and other issues such as potential positive or negative
socio-economic impacts. Many of the legal instruments addressing biosafety have
primary goals, such as the preservation of biodiversity, consumer protection,
public participation and information, development and trade, and address
biosafety only indirectly.
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