En 2003, el Departamento de Agricultura de los EE.UU. anunció nuevas normas onerosas para los ensayos de cultivos creados con miras a producir substancias farmacéuticas.
In 2003, the US Department of Agriculture announced onerous new rules for testing crops engineered to produce pharmaceuticals. The ostensible objective of the regulation is to avoid contaminating food supplies with drugs, especially when edible crops are used to produce them.