2021
Testbiotech comment on Scientific Opinion on the assessment of genetically modified soybean GMB151 for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application EFSA-GMO-NL-2018-153) of BASF
TESTBIOTECH Background 22 - 5 - 2021
The GMO panel assessed the soybean event GMB151. The soybean contains genes conferring resistance to a group of herbicides known as HPPD-inhibitors, such as isoxaflutole, mesotrionine and tembotrionine. Furthermore, it expresses the insecticidal protein Cry14Ab-1.Implementing Regulation 503/2013 was applied in this case.
Deregulation of New GE: Reasonable? Proportional?
TESTBIOTECH Background 18 - 5 - 2021
The EU Commission has published a report setting out plans to change EU GMO regulation (EU Commission 2021). According to this report plants derived from New GE (new genomic techniques, genome editing), could be exempt from EU regulation if their intended characteristics are already known from conventional breeding and no transgenes have been inserted. In weiterlesen
Deregulierung der Neuen Gentechnik: Verhältnismäßig? Zweckmäßig?
TESTBIOTECH Background 18 - 5 - 2021
In einem von der EU-Kommission vorgelegten Bericht werden Änderungen am bestehenden Gentechnikrecht angedacht (EU Commission, 2021). Im Ergebnis könnten insbesondere Pflanzen aus Neuer Gentechnik von der Regulierung ausgenommen werden, wenn diese Merkmale aufweisen, die bereits aus der konventionellen Züchtung bekannt sind, und zudem keine artfremden Gene eingefügt werden. Laut dem Bericht sollten zudem auch mögliche weiterlesen
What Members of the European Parliament should consider when discussing New Genetic Engineering (New GE) with STOA
TESTBIOTECH Background 12 - 4 - 2021
The Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) is a service providing committees and other parliamentary bodies in the European Parliament with independent, impartial and accessible information relating to developments in science and technology, including the opportunities they offer alongside the risks and ethical implications. New technological developments in biotechnology, such as the weiterlesen