What Kenya Biosafety Act No. 2 of 2009 requires
The Kenya Biosafety Act No. 2 of 2009 regulates activities involving genetically modified organisms and establishes the National Biosafety Authority under Section 5. Sections 18 to 21 require written approval from the Authority for contained use, introduction into the environment, importation and placing on the market; Section 19 adds Gazette and newspaper publication with a thirty-day public comment window. Section 27 requires the Authority to undertake risk assessment under the Fifth Schedule, and Section 52 sets offences and penalties of up to twenty million shillings or ten years imprisonment, or both.
Pillar: Biotech & Genomics · Authority: National Biosafety Authority (Kenya); Parliament of Kenya · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ken89675.pdf
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- Biosafety Act No. 2 of 2009, Section 5 - Establishment of the National Biosafety Authority
- Biosafety Act No. 2 of 2009, Section 18 - Application for contained use activity (written approval; Third Schedule)
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