Once the organisms is released, there may be little good alternatives to reverse the decision so this decision is taken seriously. This if further complicated by the fact that social values change through time and that the scientific information available will also change as new information becomes available. There a number of regulations in place that impact the release of organisms. Law is the term used to denote what has been passed by the legislature and appeares in the Texas Agricultural Code . Regulation, on the other hand, is the law as interpreted by the administration, such as the state department.
Laws can be vague in language, but regulations are more to the point and specific.
Oct. 20, 1999.