Tootfinder

The #EU reached a complicated compromise on the regulation of biotech #crops last Thursday. This is a significant step, from negotiations under the Danish presidency 🇩🇰. The proposal still needs to be ratified by the Council and @…, though both were already participating to reach this stage.
There's a lot of detail of course but one key biological aspect is that varieties with the smallest, so-called NGT-1 changes would no longer be regulated under GMO rules, and would be labelled for marketing as seeds but not their products thereafter. Not so for NGT-2.
➡️ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/12/04/new-genomic-techniques-council-and-parliament-strike-deal-to-boost-the-competitiveness-and-sustainability-of-our-food-systems/