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24 Envtl. L. 1633 (1994)
The Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants: Is Peter Rabbit Safe in Mr. McGregor's Transgenic Vegetable Path

handle is hein.journals/envlnw24 and id is 1661 raw text is: THE REGULATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS: IS PETER RABBIT SAFE IN MR. McGREGOR'S TRANSGENIC VEGETABLE PATCH? BY DAVID J. EARP, PH.D.* I. INTRODUCTION ................................ 1634 II. BACKGROUND ................................. 1635 HI. THE STATUTORY BASIS FOR USDA REGULATION OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS ............................ 1640 A. The Development of a Federal Regulatory Policy .................................. 1640 B. USDA Regulation of Transgenic Plants ........ 1641 IV. THE SCIENCE UNDERLYING THE CREATION OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS ............................ 1643 A. Traditional Plant Breeding ................. 1643 B. Production of New Plant Varieties by Genetic Engineering .................... 1645 C. Examples of Transgenic Plants Approved for Field Testing .......................... 1648 1. An Example from USDA's Old Permitting System: Virus Resistant Plants Containing Virus Coat Protein Genes ................... 1649 2. An Example from the EPA Permitting System: Insect Resistant Plants Containing Bacterial Toxin Genes ........ 1650 3. Tomato Plants Containing Antisense Fruit-Ripening Genes ................. 1652 * J.D. expected 1996, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College. Ph.D. 1988, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Cambridge University, England; B.Sc. 1984, Microbiology, Leeds University, England. The author was a postdoctoral research scientist at the U.C. Berkeley/USDA Plant Gene Expres- sion Center from 1988 to 1992 and is currently biotechnology consultant to the intellectual property law firm of Klarquist, Sparkman, Campbell, Leigh and Whinston in Portland, Oregon. The views expressed in this article are not nec- essarily those of that law firm. The author thanks Professor William Funk for his review of the manuscript.

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