It looks like USDA has won the tug-of-war with the Food and Drug Administration over the regulation of gene-edited livestock.

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach says an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, to be published next week, gives primary oversight of the technology to USDA. 

Ibach says the U.S. has some catching up to do when it comes to gene-edited livestock. “Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and China do have processes in place that allow their producers to be able to have a predictable path forward, and so currently, we’re behind some of our biggest competitors in the world.”

Ibach says once published, the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking will have a 60-day comment period, just like when the rule for plant biotechnology was updated and then finalized earlier this year… but Ibach says the process will take time.

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