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. 2020 Oct 9;11:586027. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.586027

TABLE 2.

Regulatory status of genome edited products in Latin America ordered chronologically, source: ANPROS – modified and appended.

Argentina Chile Brazil Colombia Paraguay Honduras (together with) Guatemala and El Salvador
Legal Basis Resolution 173-2015 (Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca−Argentina, Argentina.gob.ar, 2015) Consultation Procedure Resolution 16-2018 (CTNBio, 2018) Resolution 00029299-2018 (Instituto Colombia Agropecuarioa (ICA), 2018) Resolution 565-2019 (Ministerio de agricultura y ganaderia, 2019) Agreement SENASA 008-2019 (SAG-SENASA, 2019) Resolution UA 60-2019 (Customs union of El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras, 2019) and Annex: RT 65.06.01:18
Release Year 2015 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019
NPBT listed no no Yes no yes no no
Definition of genome editing missing missing In Annex I: Oligonucleotide/Site directed mutagenesis missing New Breeding Techniques: CR(Y/I)SPR, TALEN, and others New Techniques of genetic improvement (precision biotechnology) Organisms obtained through the application of modern biotechnology
Assessment (GMO or Not?) 60 days 20 days 90 days + extended to 120 days 60 days No information 45 days 90 days
Communication Not public Officially published Officially published Officially published