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USDA BioTech Website



This is excerpted from the Enviornment New Service's Ameriscan posting.  
Mike Miller

BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE EXPLORED ON NEW WEBSITE
WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 1999 (ENS) - A new website that will be a
clearinghouse for agricultural biotechnology issues has been created by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). "There is an incredible amount of
information on biotechnology available through hundreds of sites on the
Internet," said Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. "By creating this new
central website, we're providing a starting point for the general public,
media, industry, academia and our international trading partners to access
information about USDA's role in agricultural biotechnology."
The new site offers answers to some common biotechnological questions,
along with recent speeches by Glickman on agricultural biotechnology. The
site also includes pages on biotechnology and trade, regulations and
research. Links to many of the other government agencies involved in
biotechnology are also provided. The site will be updated as new reports
and information are released by USDA. Several USDA agencies have a role in
biotechnology issues. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the
Food Safety Inspection Service, and the Agricultural Marketing Service help
regulate the biotechnology industry. 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 biotechnology trade issues. The
biotechnology website can be accessed at: www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/.



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