Currently, Singapore does not have a dedicated umbrella legislation specific for the regulation of GM technology and its products. However, GMAC has released two sets of guidelines covering the commercial release of agriculture-related GMOs and research on GMOs. These are, respectively, the Singapore Guidelines on the Release of Agriculture-Related Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the Singapore Biosafety Guidelines for Research on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

GMAC is a non-regulatory advisory committee and our guidelines are not legally-binding in nature. However, we work very closely with the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA), the Ministry of Health (MOH), and other regulatory agencies, leveraging on their regulatory powers for effective implementation of our guidelines.