Ratification

• CBD – May 1994
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – May 2009
• Nagoya Protocol on Benefit Sharing – November 2014
• Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – None Party

Legal Status                        

• Biosafety Act, 2002
• National Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy 2008

Competent Authority        

• Environmental Affairs Department
• Biosafety Register
• National Biosafety Regulatory Committee

National Focal Point

• Environmental Affairs Department

Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines

• Biosafety (of Genetically Modified Organisms) Regulations
• Guidelines for Safety Assessment and Risk Management of Genetically Organisms with Stacked Genes
• Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Food and Feed Derived from Genetically Modified Crops
• Guidelines for Determining the Regulatory Process of Genome Edited Plants and Their Products in Malawi.
• Biosafety Inspection Manual for field experiments involving Genetically Modified Plants

Participating Institutions/Agencies

• Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources