EU agriculture ministers turned up the pressure for a relaxation of the rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to allow the use of genome editing in crop plants at an EU Council meeting last Friday.
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Scientists and industry cheer outcome of Commission study on gene editing 04 May 2021 | News
Study paves the way to update EU legislation and allow gene editing in agriculture. But environmentalists and organic farmers say modified crop plants should continue to be labelled as GMOs
Stella Kyriakides, EU commissioner for health and food safety. Photo: European Commission
Genomics researchers and the agriculture industry have welcomed the publication of a long-awaited report recommending EU legislation on genetically modified organisms be updated to allow the use targeted gene editing in crops.
In the study, the European Commission acknowledges the potential of gene editing and notes most research into commercial applications is taking place outside the EU.