WEEK 11 -- Apr. 7

Lecture: National and Sub-national Biosafety Policy and Regulation - focus on U.S.A.

Discussion: Issues raised by lecture and readings

Group Activity: Map out current status of national biosafety policy for your group's case

Readings due Week 12 (in one new reader, except Cartagena Protocol distributed in class)
All: Wright, S. 1998. Molecular politics in a global economy, chapter in Private Science. (history of regulation).

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Text and Annexes, 30pp.

Raloff. 2000. Treaty nears on gene-altered exports. Science News 157 (Feb. 5): 84.

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. 2000. Brief articles on the Cartagena Protocol and WTO Rules. BRIDGES Between Trade and Sustainable Development Year 4 No. 1 (January-February 2000): 17-18 (read this first), 15-16.

Codex Alimentarius documents (30 pages total of reading):
o Understanding the Codex Alimentarius: Preface and the Codex Achievement;
o Codex Alimentarius Commission Twenty-fifth Session (June-July 2003), Report of the third session (2002) of the Codex ad hoc intergovernmental task force on foods derived from biotechnology; and
o Two draft documents reviewed by the ad hoc task force in 2002 and recommended for adoption by the Commission in 2003:
- Draft General Principles for the Risk Analysis of Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology,
- Draft Guideline for the Conduct of Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Plants Obtained through Modern Biotechnology.

Due Week 12: Annotated bibliography 4 on federal / state authorities and regulation for group case -status, gaps, possible additional authorities, participation and transparency.