Biosafety Appeals Board is established under section 35 of Biosafety Act. No.2 of 2009. The Board’s mandate is to receive and adjudicate appeals emanating from decisions of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA).

The mandate of the board is to receive and adjudicate appeals from parties aggrieved by decisions of National Biosafety Authority as it exercises supervision and control over activities relating to the development, transfer, handling and use of genetically modified organisms.

The governance of GM technology is a mandate of NBA. However, the GM crop movement has attracted worldwide attention in the past decade. As supporters of the technology assert that GM crops could revolutionize world agriculture, particularly in developing countries, in ways that would substantially reduce malnutrition, improve food security, and increase rural income, and in some cases even reduce environmental pollutants, cautious voices warn that the health and environmental effects of GM crops are uncertain and that their cultivation could have unintended adverse consequences. The establishment of BSAB has been necessitated by these divergent views that would result in disputes.

What we do.

The provision of a process that is accessible, fair, economical, informal, quick, proportionate to the importance and complexity of the matter, promotes public trust and confidence in the decision-making of the Bio-Safety appeals Board.