The policy expert that leads the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is critical of the federal government’s regulation of livestock gene editing. Dr. Barbara Glenn says, “Clearly for livestock and poultry, the current regulatory path is broken. It’s not risk-based. It’s not getting the animals and the animal products to market. The chilling effect on R & D (research and development) is severely inhibiting the emergence of these animals.”
Glenn told the USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum that if U.S.
