FINALS - Topic 5

Question 1

What are the 6 organizations directly/indirectly involved in International Biosafety

Answer 1

1. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2. World Trade Organization (WTO)
3. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
4. Codex Alimentarius Convention (CAC)
5. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
6. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Question 2

This organization concerns conservation, sustainable use, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of biological resources.

Answer 2

CBD (convention on Biological Diversity)

Question 3

Deals with trade in goods and services and dispute settlement.

Answer 3

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Question 4

Develops International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) against pests of plants and plant products including GMOs and LMOs.

Answer 4

International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

Question 5

Its aim is to anticipate not only the direct risks, but
also the indirect or unanticipated risks that the products of
modern agriculture might pose for human health.

Answer 5

Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)

Question 6

Harmonizes trade regulations for animals and animal products, and develops standards on animal health including for infectious animal diseases.

Answer 6

World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

Question 7

This was the first attempt to set international safety guidelines
for industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications of biotechnology.

Answer 7

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Question 8

provides the framework for the Australian system of
regulation for GMOs (including plants, animals and microorganisms).

Answer 8

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 (2001)

Question 9

cover laboratory and field trials, transboundary movement, transit, handling and use of all GMOs with potential for adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological
diversity, taking into account the risk to human health as well.

Answer 9

Guidelines

Question 10

The Act safeguards agricultural and wild flora from introduced pests, defined as “any form of plant or animal life, or any pathogenic agent, injurious or potentially injurious to plants or plant product.”

Answer 10

PLANTQUARANTINE ACT
(1993)

Question 11

The Act regulates import and export of agriculture seeds with the purpose of preventing the introduction of pests and diseases and also promoting the seed industry in the country to enhance rural income and livelihood.

Answer 11

Seed Act (2002)

Question 12

The Law relates to GM food labeling and registration and is applied to soybeans and corn and their products.

Answer 12

FOOD SANITATION LAW (2001)(AMENDED IN 2002)

Question 13

proposes to establish a National DNA Recombinant Technology Advisory Council and to combine both regulatory and research potential of the country into one unit.

Answer 13

National Biosafety Framework of 2005

Question 14

Protect the health and safety of people and the environment, by identifying risks posed by modern biotechnology, and by preventing, reducing and eliminating them through regulation;

Answer 14

BIOSAFETY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY BILL (2005)