This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will cover the management of current season field trials of Genetically Engineered (GE) eggplant in Bangladesh to ensure compliance with the National Committee on Biosafety (NCB) requirements and the Guidelines governing confined field trials of genetically engineered plant (GEP) material in Bangladesh. Attachments: Bangladesh_sop_3_current_season_monitoring(eggplant)

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The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), in collaboration with the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), the Department of Environment (DoE), the Institute of Public Health (IPH), the Directorate General of Food, and other relevant stakeholders, has taken the initiative to develop these guidelines to establish the safety assessment procedures for foods derived from GE…

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The government of Bangladesh published Bangladesh Biosafety Rules (BR), 2012, which provides regulations on the approval process for genetically engineered products developed domestically or by a third country. According to BR, 2012, all GE products need to be approved before they can be imported or sold domestically within Bangladesh. This report contains an INFORMAL translation…

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