The USDA and Food and Drug Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding giving USDA primary regulatory jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock.
Andrew Bailey, the National Pork Producers Council Science and Technology Counsel, tells Brownfield the development of gene-editing technology is now back “on the right track.”
“We’re very hopeful that we’ll end up at a destination where gene-edited livestock in the U.S. can be pursued and the great promise that technology has,” he said.
