Biosafety SA is a non-profit platform, exclusively funded by the South African Department of Science and Innovation. Its goal is to facilitate sustainable bio-innovation by creating an environment where all South Africans can benefit from the technology – from innovators to regulators and consumers.
To achieve this, Biosafety SA guides, consults and assists stakeholders to ensure compliance and efficient sustainable biotech research, development and innovation.
It facilitates strategic sustainability research and development that contribute to biotech innovation and risk analysis; policy development in support of sustainable biotech innovation; and product specific regulatory compliance research and development in support of biotech innovation, sustainability and compliance.
In addition, Biosafety SA builds and develops capacity in sustainable research and development, sustainable biotech innovation and risk analysis, and communicates and engages with a wide spectrum of biotech stakeholders to address their divergent knowledge requirements.
Since its inception, Biosafety SA, has not only established itself as the biosafety service provider of choice for South African regulators, researchers and technology developers, but also for those in Africa.
Biosafety SA has become a trusted brand within the regional biosafety governance space, with the continued request for Biosafety SA’s services by international organisations, regional regulatory authorities, local government departments, and numerous local research and development organisations and companies, attesting to its relevance and the value and quality of its services.
Biosafety and sustainability have been included in the agendas and actions of many national stakeholder groups, based on the prominence it was given through the Biosafety SA platform.
Besides this, the platform has funded multiple strategic biosafety and sustainability research projects at South African universities and science councils, contributing to local and regional science-based risk analysis, communication and capacity-building.
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