Developments in regulations of genome-edited plants are rapidly changing and continue to evolve as more countries firm up their regulatory policies. This is according to the Transgenic Research article authored by international biotech experts.
Expert Proposes Techniques to Address Regulatory Concerns in Gene Editing January 13, 2021
Martin Lema, Adjunct Professor at the National University of Quilmes, released an article containing a detailed review of evidence on off-target effects and unintended DNA insertions in gene editing. The document, published in the
Journal of Regulatory Science, is a useful resource in proposing concrete regulatory criteria to address the issues.
According to Lema, there is an increasing number of regulatory systems worldwide that consider applications for the authorization of activities involving the use of gene editing for agri-food use. Several countries have progressed in creating regulatory criteria and collecting practical experiences in the field, but there is still a general need for regulatory cooperation on capacity building and forming with harmonized criteria. Thus, the article included a simplified introduction of genome editing from a regulatory perspective.
Webinar: Biotech Crop Adoption in 2019 and Latin America s Experience December 16, 2020
Biotech crops are the fastest adopted crop technology in the history of modern agriculture. In 2019, ten countries in Latin America planted biotech crops led by Brazil and Argentina. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA) will present the latest report on the global status of commercialized biotech crops in 2019 during a webinar on December 18, 2020 at 12 PM (GMT-3) via Zoom.
The webinar will cover the highlights of the ISAAA report including the following:
global area of biotech crops from 1996 to 2019;
global adoption rates of principal crops;
trends in approvals of GM events; and