Benbrook Consulting Services , Troy, OR , USA.
Front Public Health. 2016 Mar 31;4:59. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00059. eCollection 2016.
Genetically engineered (GE) crops, multi-ingredient foods derived from one or more GE ingredients, and GE agricultural inputs are regulated in the United States under a "Coordinated Framework" that was literally cobbled together in the early 1990s. Via this Framework, responsibility is spread across three federal agencies for the assessment and management of potential risks arising from the planting of GE crops, the raising of GE animals, or uses of GE inputs. The Framework was incomplete and conceptually flawed from the beginning. Despite multiple, piecemeal efforts to update aspects of GE risk assessment and regulatory policy, the Coordinated Framework survives to this day largely unchanged. Its shortcomings are recognized in both the scientific and legal communities, but meaningful reforms thus far remain out of reach, blocked by the intense controversy now surrounding all things biotech. Five generic reforms and another five specific initiatives are described to create a more robust, science-driven GE regulatory infrastructure in the U.S.
转基因（GE）作物、由一种或多种转基因成分制成的多种成分食品，以及转基因农业投入品在美国根据一个“协调框架”进行监管，该框架实际上是在 20 世纪 90 年代初拼凑而成的。通过这个框架，三个联邦机构负责评估和管理种植转基因作物、饲养转基因动物或使用转基因投入品所带来的潜在风险。该框架从一开始就是不完整的，在概念上存在缺陷。尽管为更新转基因风险评估和监管政策的各个方面做出了多次零碎的努力，但协调框架至今基本保持不变。其缺陷在科学界和法律界都得到了认可，但迄今为止，由于围绕所有生物技术的激烈争议，有意义的改革仍然遥不可及。本文描述了五项通用改革和另外五项具体举措，以在美国建立一个更强大、以科学为导向的转基因监管基础设施。
