Biosafety Training for Contained Plant Facilities: A Case Study of Competence Assessment Practice

Authors

  • Ceko Fotev Centre for Biosafety, Strandzha Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Malko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Author
  • Delfina Naldini Centre for Research Ethics, Chianti Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Greve, Italy Author
  • Franka Ivancan Department of Plant Tissue Culture, Dalmatinska Zagora Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Knin, Croatia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666885

Keywords:

Biosafety Training for Contained Plant Facilities; Agricultural biotechnology; Gene editing; Evidence synthesis; Biosafety regulation

Abstract

There is real interest in biosafety training for contained plant facilities right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for biosafety training for contained plant facilities, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and regulators are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2026-09-18