Friday 25th July 2025

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.

    

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