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ORDER NO. 430 - CONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON BIOSAFETY OF THE
PHILIPPINES (NCBP) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
the impact of the new technologies on health, agriculture, chemical and
pharmaceutical, and environment and natural resources has been a
continuing worldwide concern of many countries;
WHEREAS, biotechnology has high potential to improve the quality of
human life may have concomitant risks and hazards to health safety, the
environment and society;
WHEREAS, the hazards associated with the processes and the products of
researches in biotechnology may be minimized, if not totally
eliminated, by the different containment levels and procedures observed
in the laboratories and greenhouses;
WHEREAS, most of the risks are associated with the field testing and
eventual deliberate release of genetically manipulated/engineered
organisms into the environment;
WHEREAS, there is a need to constitute a body that shall undertake the
study and evaluation of existing laws, policies and guidelines on
biotechnology and its related matters, and recommend such measures for
its effective utilization and prevention of possible pernicious effects
in the environment;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
The
NCBP shall be composed of the following:
Chairman-DOST
Undersecretary for R &
Members
Sec. 2.
(a)
(b)
Sec. 3.
(a)
(b)
Sec. 4.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
The Department of Science and Technology shall be the Secretariat of the NCBP, with the member agencies providing additional staff support as the need arises.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety.
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