The Department of Agriculture is seeking feedback on an information collection request as part of its regulatory duties under the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology. This effort involves a web-based platform established in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration to facilitate queries and provide guidance on biotechnology products. Public comments on the necessity, practicality, and burden of this information collection, which gathers minimal personal contact information through a voluntary web form, are invited until January 2, 2025. The goal is to ensure that federal biotechnology regulations are both effective and accessible to innovators.
Simple Explanation
The government wants to make it easier for people who create special plants or foods using science to ask questions and get help using a website shared by three big agencies—Agriculture, Environmental Protection, and Food and Drug Administration. They want to know if this idea is good and if people find it easy to use the website by January 2025.