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USDA Launches Biotech Website
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled a new Internet webpage which provides public access to the Department's vast amount of material on agricultural biotechnology issues.
Several USDA agencies have a role in biotechnology. The Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service conduct or fund agricultural biotechnology research. The Foreign Agricultural Service addresses trade issues related to biotechnology. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety Inspection Service, and the Agricultural Marketing Service have regulatory functions involving biotechnology.
Links to many of the other government agencies involved in biotechnology are provided. The web address is: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/ .
The USDA site provides information on the agricultural side of biotechnology, complementing the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), which provides access to information on medical and health related biotechnology. The NCBI’s website address is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/