More Pressure on Uganda Government to Pass the Biosafety Law
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, ISAAA, reported that Representatives from the Ministry of Health, Uganda Medical Association, the National Drug Authority, and Uganda Pharmaceutical Society called on the Ugandan government to pass the biosafety law that was agreed by the parliament. The health officials were impressed by the biotech research and development especially technologies with health benefits such as micronutrient biofortified crops. This was during a sensitization workshop organized by Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC) to discuss the relevance of agricultural biotechnology in medicine and industry.
During the workshop held on February 20, 2020 at the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) and the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI), the health officials expressed concern that technologies such as pro-vitamin A biofortified GMO banana were ‘sitting’ in research centers and currently inaccessible to the public. “The government should pass the biosafety law for regulation of GMOs so that we can at least export products if the country doesn’t need them,” advised an official from the Uganda Pharmaceutical Society.
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