Nerdy Science Blog

BERNAMA:

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Biosafety Act 2007 to regulate the import, export, handling and use of living modified organisms, will be enforced in the second half of this year, Natural Resource and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas said Monday.

He said the ministry was consulting the Public Service Department to establish a body which would regulate the implementation of the Act.

He noted that the agency would be acting as a one-stop centre on all matters pertaining to biosafety, from approvals to enforcement and monitoring.

I’m glad that the Biosafety Act will be enforced so that companies and scientists cannot exploit the law for their own benefits.