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EU & Gentechnik Newsletter
Most important topics:
EU consultation on New GE / EFSA consultation on cisgenic plants / Eggs from CRISPR/Cas hens / Changes in single genes may threaten whole ecosystems / More pest insects due to transgenic soybeans / GE maize contamination in Brazil
Current Issues and Activities:
- EU Commission consultation on New GE: Prospective technology assessment essential for New GE in agriculture
- Biased questions and flawed assumptions - how the EU Commission and EFSA are paving the way for deregulation of New GE
- New letter from the EU Commission on CRISPR applications reveals impact of trade interests and CETA
- No new applications for the import of transgenic plants into the EU in 2021
- The risks of New GE techniques: Warning not to deregulate genetically engineered organisms
- Regulatory clearance in the US: EU could be affected by imports of CRISPR cattle
- EU Commission: Eggs from CRISPR/Cas laying hens will not be risk assessed or labelled
- EU Parliament votes against import approvals for transgenic plants
- Testbiotech comment on maize DP4114 x MON810 x MIR604 x NK603
- Testbiotech comment on oilseed rape MON94100
Scientific news:
- CRISPR tomatoes genetically engineered to produce vitamin D
- More pest insects due to transgenic soybeans
- Changes in single genes may threaten whole ecosystems: Study sheds new light on the risks of New GE
- Transgenic maize is contaminating traditional varieties in Brazil
News from EFSA:
- Evaluation of existing guidelines for their adequacy for the food and feed risk assessment of microorganisms obtained through synthetic biology
- Assessment of genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MIR162 × NK603 × DAS‐40278‐9
- Risk assessment of a new bioinformatics evaluation of the insertion sites in genetically modified soybean event 40‐3‐2
- Evaluation of existing guidelines for their adequacy for the food and feed risk assessment of genetically modified plants obtained through synthetic biology
- Assessment of the 2020 post‐market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in the EU
- Assessment of new sequencing information for genetically modified cotton DAS‐24236‐5 × DAS‐21Ø23‐5
- Assessment of genetically modified soybean A5547‐127 for renewal of authorisation
- Concept Papers
- Risk assessment of new sequencing information for genetically modified sugar beet H7‐1
- Update of environmental risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations of EFSA (2016) on EU teosinte
- Statement complementing the EFSA Scientific Opinion on the assessment of genetically modified oilseed rape MS11
New admissions:
- EU Commission authorises four genetically modified crops for use as food and animal feed
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