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 | − | − | − |