To the relief of officials, that seed had yet to be sold to farmers, much less sold to countries with more stringent regulation of genetically modified agricultural products.

This act is related to the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products by the FDA.

"We need to establish through our own leadership the sense of confidence in the regulation of transgenic products," he said.

These controversies have led to litigation, international trade disputes, and protests, and to restrictive regulation of commercial products in most countries.

This incident coupled with tetanus outbreak in Camden, New Jersey played an important part in initiating federal regulation of biologic products.

Congress three years ago began the job of trying to rework the food and drug act to improve the regulation of new drugs, devices and biological products.

The 1902 Biologics Control Act gave the Laboratory responsibility for the regulation of biological products such as vaccines and antotoxins.

Madam President, I welcome Mr Langen's report as part of the difficult path towards effective regulation of derivative products.

Among the regulatory activities related to regulation of therapeutic products, FDA:

Meanwhile, on a parallel track, the commission was proposing its own rules for modernizing regulation of complex financial products.