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Amsterdam Wants To Revive Talks On New Plant Breeding Techniques
The Netherlands believes the new plant breeding techniques should not come under the GMO legislation as they are as safe as traditional breeding. It also insists that a discussion on the issue should...
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Food Security Needs More From GM Crops
Genetic modification of plants will be essential to avert future food shortages, conclude a group of agricultural scientists who have reviewed how biotechnology developments over the past 35 years have...
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GM Crops Take the Line of Least Resistance in Their Global Spread
Gene editing technology is expected to accelerate the introduction of new plants. Genetically modified crops are continuing to spread across the world’s agricultural land. Last year they covered a...
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EU Brings the Consumer Information on GMOs in Your Language
Factual information about GMOs in Europe can be hard to find, especially in languages other than English. Instead there are a lot of misperceptions about a fascinating technology that has truly...
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Genetic Engineering Researcher: Politicians Are Deaf to People’s Ethical...
While a many Danes question whether genetically modified foods are unnatural, this concern is much less apparent among politicians, according to Professor Jesper Lassen at the University of...
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Bayer to Appeal Against Recent General Court Verdict on Neonicotinoids
Bayer will appeal against the recent ruling of the General Court of the European Union in Case T-429/13. The company is concerned that the verdict, announced in May, could have far-reaching...
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You’re Not Welcome Here
We are living in a new Dark Age in Europe where innovation and technology are being rejected at an alarming rate. While reactionary pressure is being seen from chemicals to pharmaceuticals and from...
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Uganda Parliament Passes GMO Bill
The Parliament of the Republic of Uganda finally passed the Bill designed to provide a regulatory framework for the safe development and application of biotechnology in the country. The Bill, formerly...
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Gene Edited Food Imports Into EU Will Be Almost Impossible To Spot
European law currently requires food packaging to be labelled GM if more than 0.9% of any one ingredient is genetically modified. But Rothamsted’s Professor Johnathan Napier, who has pioneered the GM...
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Rothamsted Responds To New PM’s Pledge On GM Crops
Statement from Professor Achim Dobermann, Director and Chief Executive of Rothamsted Research, in response to PM Boris Johnson’s pledge yesterday “…to liberate the UK’s extraordinary bio-science sector...
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EU Calls for Study to Justify 2018 Legislation on Gene Editing
In 2018, the landmark decision by the European Court of Justice changed the way gene editing technology should be treated under EU law. The ruling was followed by endless disputes and ongoing debates...
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Counseil D’Etat: Certain Organisms Obtained by Mutagenesis Must Comply with...
Seized by associations and unions, the Council of State judges that the organisms obtained by certain mutagenesis techniques must be subject to the regulations relating to genetically modified...
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Europeans on Today’s Food Issues: New EU-Wide Survey Came Out On First World...
Two in 5 Europeans take a personal interest in food safety and only 1 in 5 say it is their main concern when choosing food. For most Europeans it is one of several factors – together with price, taste,...
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Allergenicity Assessment of GM Plants: Stakeholders to Support Working Group
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is setting up a stakeholder consultative group to support its upcoming work on the allergenicity assessment of genetically modified (GM) plants. The group...
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Draft French Decree on Mutagenesis Breeding, Consequent Draft Lists of Banned...
A legal challenge to the French interpretation of EU Directive 2001/18/CE on GMOs In December 2014, nine NGOs challenged the transposition of the EU Directive 2001/18/EC – on the deliberate release of...
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A CRISPR Picture Emerges on European Union GMO Directive
A European Court ruling widely interpreted to mean that all gene-edited organisms are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) may not be as prescriptive as many first assumed. The view emerges in an...
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GM Crops’ Benefits to Fight Climate Change May Be Underestimated Than...
Past studies have highlighted how genetically modified (GM) crops contributed to the alleviation of the effects of climate change. But a new calculation reveals that GM crops may be contributing more...
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Rules for Communicating Science, According to Kevin Folta
At three years old he was asking his dad about atoms and the scientific makeup of the universe. In kindergarten he entered his first science fair. Today he’s educating the masses about science and...
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GE Field Trial Application Submitted to DEFRA
Rothamsted Research has applied to DEFRA for a licence to carry out field trials of gene edited (GE) wheat. The plan is for a project of up to five years, ending in 2026, with plants being sown in...
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Study Finds That Experts Featured in Ad Campaigns Can Help GM Foods Become...
An international team of researchers conducted a study to explore the effects of advertisement framing on health and environmental benefits, sources of perceived risk reduction, and domain-specific...
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