Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT)
Division(s) within MCT with a role or interest in biosecurity:
National Technical Commission on Biosecurity (CNTBio)
CTNBio is a multidisciplinary collegiate body whose purpose is to provide technical and advisory assistance to the Federal Government in the formulation, updating and implementing the National Biosafety Policy for GMOs and and in setting technical standards of safety and technical advice concerning the protection of human health, living organisms and the environment, for activities involving the construction, experimentation, growing, handling, transport, marketing, consumption, storage, release and disposal of GMOs and their products.
