Environmental Management (Biosafety) Regulations, 2009.

These Regulations, made under sections 69 and 230(2)(o)) of the Environmental Management, concern the import, export, deliberate release, confined use, contained use, transit and placing on the market of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their products. The Regulations implement in Tanzania provisions of the Cartagena Protocol of Biosafety. They designate the Ministry responsible for environment as the National Biosafety Focal Point for purposes of the Protocol and define its functions and powers. The Regulations also establish the National Biosafety Committee, which shall be an advisory body to the National Biosafety Focal Point. There shall be designated, by the Minister responsible for environment in each Ministry dealing with issues on Genetically Modifies Organisms a competent authority to be known as the Ministerial Competent Authority. The Competent Authority shall be responsible for supervision and control of implementation of these Regulations in a Ministry and its agencies.
There shall be no import, deliberate release, contained use, or placing on the market of the GMOs or products thereof without the prior written approval of the National Biosafety Focal Point and permit issued by the Minister responsible for environment. The applicant who wishes to introduce the GMOs into the United Republic shall carry out, or cause to be carried out, an assessment of the impacts and risks posed by the GMOs or their products to human and animal health, the environment and biological diversity based upon the guidelines in the Third Schedule to these Regulations. The National Biosafety Focal Point shall appoint the Competent Authority to evaluate the GMOs and their products thereof, but applications shall be decided upon by the Focal Point. Appeal against decisions may be had with the Minister of Environment and subsequently with the Environmental Appeals Tribunal.
Genetically modified food and feed assistance introduced into the United Republic shall comply with the prior informed consent principle and the notification requirement in accordance with Article 8 of the Cartagena Protocol. The Minister may create zones (GMO free zones) where release of any GMO is prohibited taking into account the provisions of Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the conservation and sustainable utilization of biological diversity.