This publication lists and briefly details the regulatory instruments comprising laws/acts/decrees/ regulations/rules related to biosafety of products of biotechnology for agriculture and food existing in 39 countries of Asia and the Pacific. Besides, additional chapters have been included on recent developments in agriculture biotechnology in the region, issues on biosafety, and international regulatory instruments on biosafety. A brief analysis of the present status of national biosafety regulations with respect to the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety has also been included.
