When the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this month that it did not have the authority to oversee a new variety of genetically modified (GM) Kentucky bluegrass, it exposed a serious weakness in the regulations governing GM crops. These are based not on a plant's GM nature but on the techniques used for its genetic modification. With changing technologies, the department says that it lacks the authority to regulate newly created transgenic crops.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/transgenic-grass-skirts-regulators-0
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/heidi-ledford
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gmos
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grasses
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us