At EU-level, historically low harvests have been forecasted for France, Italy and Spain following spring frosts, hail, droughts and diseases earlier this year. At national level, a volcanic eruption on the Canary Islands is threatening wine growers, hail affected Spanish vineyards and wildfires threatened white wine crops in Greece. In Italy, Agriculture Minister Patuanelli ensures […]
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SUSTAINABILITY - 5 April 2022
NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES: A TWO-SPEED EUROPE
While in Italy and in France, the scientific community is calling on their governments to ease the regulation on plants derived from new genome techniques and that times are ready to move forward, in England the Parliament has approved legislation that ease the acceptance of gene-editing field trials, and Kenya adopts guidelines on genome-editing techniques to allow for development of new varieties. In Switzerland, the moratorium that allows for the growing of gene-edited plant has been extended until 2025.
German NGOs plea to the Commission to better regulate GMO chickens, expressing concerns that transgenetic eggs will be allowed to be sold in the EU without undergoing the mandatory approval process.
In the USA, gene-edited cattle get approved for selling for human consumption, after salmon and pigs.
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Written by Farm Europe