NGTs

Game-changing Decision: New Genomic Techniques Approved!

📅 On 25.01.2024, AGRI and ENVI Committees agreed to relax rules for NGTs in plant breeding. 🌱 NGT-1 plants exempt from labeling and safety assessment if equivalent to conventional breeds. 🤝 European Parliament and agriculture ministers to vote on modified proposal in February. ❗️ Environmental organizations disappointed with lack of political impact from anti-NGT campaigns.