Under the new rulings, NGT 1 plants — those derived from targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis, such as CRISPR-Cas9 — would be exempt from the current GMO legislation. The only requirement would ...

the Commission launched an impact study on “legislation applicable to plants produced using new genomic techniques” with the aim of “proposing a legal framework applicable to plants obtained by ...

NBTs include genome editing, cisgenesis, and intragenesis. As genetic modification technology is still evolving, NBTs also include techniques that may emerge in the future. NBTs can introduce a wide ...

Specifically exempted from the long-standing GMO rules, which have severely limited development of genetically engineered plants, would be plants created with cisgenesis and targeted mutagenesis ...

It describes a category of NGTs, classed as targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis, producing modifications that could be obtained in nature or by conventional breeding. These are determined to be ...

NGTs include a variety of gene editing techniques leading to genetic changes classed as targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis. The proposal, which is part of a package of EU proposals to ensure ...

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while retaining stricter controls for others that are not (plants resulting from targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis). The Council is yet to reach a general approach. The central task of the Members ...

At the end of October 2022, European experts from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published an opinion on the criteria to be followed to assess the risks associated with “plants produced by ...

The Commission's proposal removes or weakens safety testing for GMOs produced with new gene editing techniques (mutagenesis and cisgenesis) and exempts many from being labelled as GMO products. Drafts ...