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Biosafety is the prevention of large-scale lossof biological integrity focusing bothon ecology and human health

Biosafety and the environment: An introduction to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety GE.03-01836/E. United Nations Environment Programme. p. 8 2

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LABORATORY PRACTICES

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Regulates plant pest control: secures action to prevent thespread and introduction of pests of plants and promoteappropriate measures for their control

Formalizes procedures for standard settings: such as pestrisk analysis to support phytosanitary measures and thedesignation of pest free areas

https://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.jsp

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Develops International Standards on PhytosanitaryMeasures (ISPM)

It deals with living modified organisms/products ofmodern biotechnology that may directly or indirectlydamage plants

https://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.jsp

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Environmental Protection Act (1986) requires the

constitution of an Institutional Biosafety Committee

(IBSC) by every organization engaged in research and

production activities related to GMOs.

http://dbtbiosafety.nic.in/Files/Handbook.htm 13

Review biosafety aspects of all projects submitted toIBSC

Review categorization of projects as per appropriaterisk category

http://dbtbiosafety.nic.in/Files/Handbook.htm 14

Timely action by biosafety committee includes areview on:

a) projects to be noted

b) projects approved for initiating work

c)projects forwarded to Review Committee on GeneticManipulation (RCGM)

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d) scientific details and containment facilities

e) the organizational set up

f) status of other approvals required

g) socio-economic aspects of rDNA projects

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Some labs in India working under biosafety levels (BSL) 3 and 4

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