US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order with the US Department of Agriculture , the Food and Drug Administration and the Agricultural Development Agency to devise " common sense regulations " for agricultural biotechnology . It included genetically - modified seeds and livestock , and is aimed at streamlining the review process to facilitate more scientific advances . The US , which lags China , industry and Brazil in the creation of genetically editing regulatory frameworks , recently told the World ##tech Organisation it would revise regulations on the production , storage and releasing of genetically modified organisms .
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the US Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to devise "common sense regulations" for agricultural biotechnology. It included genetically-modified seeds and livestock, and is aimed at streamlining the review process to facilitate more scientific advances. The US, which lags China, Canada and Brazil in the creation of gene editing regulatory frameworks, recently told the World Trade Organisation it would revise regulations on the importing, transporting and releasing of genetically modified organisms.