Agricultural Laws & Regulations
Philippines greenlights Golden Rice, opening floodgates for other nutritionally-enhanced biotech crops
Golden rice, enriched with vitamin A and designed to end suffering among the world's poorest children, has been approved in ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR gene edited crops ‘mimic nature’ — but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be regulated
Legislators around the world are being asked to reconsider how to regulate the latest developments in gene technology, genome editing ...
Viewpoint: Why Scotland needs to overcome its ‘hard stance against gene editing’ and embrace drought- and pest-resistant crops
Scotland is not numb to [climate change-induced] weather challenges, as the past months of undulating weather patterns has shown, and ...
UK relaxing restrictions on testing CRISPR gene-edited crops
Law changes later this year will make it easier to run field trials in England on crops that are gene-edited ...
Viewpoint: Part 2 — Which developing countries are taking the lead in crop biotechnology innovation?
In Part One of this series, we “set the stage” for the economic reasons for acceptance of GM foods in ...
Viewpoint: ‘We must side with the EU even when it is wrong rather than England if it is right’?— Scotland resists England’s embrace of gene editing to promote food security
Imagine that an extraordinary scientific discovery promised the ability to eradicate hunger, transform agricultural productivity and significantly enhance animal welfare ...
Should lab-grown beef be labeled ‘meat’? USDA denies cattle lobby petition to limit definition to animal sources
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has responded to petition sponsors with differing opinions about how lab-grown “meat” and ...
AquaBounty saga: The troubling story of why it took 25 years and $100 million to bring a fast-growing, sustainable genetically-engineered fish to market
The first U.S. sales of the AquAdvantage salmon, a faster‐ growing, genetically engineered fish, have finally begun. The farmed fish ...
Bayer claims first victory in glyphosate litigation, as jury rejects claim weedkiller caused a child’s non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Bayer AG won its first trial over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer after a California jury found that the ...
Viewpoint: Part 1 — Opposition stirred by anti-GMO advocacy group propaganda fading in the developing world, as more countries embrace crop biotechnology
Although acreage under GMO crop cultivation has expanded rapidly worldwide since GMOs first began to be grown in the mid ...
Viewpoint: Here’s the backstory behind Sri Lanka’s synthetic pesticide ban and organic only decree
For most folks, “Sri Lanka” is likely to evoke a number of thoughts: tropical paradise with swaying palms and cerulean ...
Viewpoint: The EPA is embracing ‘precautionary politics’ — and abandoning its long-time commitment to evidence-based risk-benefit assessments of agricultural chemicals
Unlike the European Union, the U.S. has maintained a reasonable standard on studied substances allowed for use in modern agriculture ...
‘Doing nothing is no longer an option’: 15 agriculture experts assess England’s long-awaited decision to ease restrictions on gene-edited crops
The government have published a press release on new plans to unlock the potential benefits of gene editing as part ...
England breaks with the EU, plans to relax restrictions on gene-edited crops and open door to biotechnology-based climate solutions
Britain's farming and environment minister George Eustice announced on [September 29] that regulations related to gene editing in agricultural research ...
Viewpoint: Agricultural Cold War? ‘EU and US are veering toward a high-stakes stand-off over the global food system’
In the race to reduce the damage that agriculture is wreaking on the climate, the EU and the U.S. are ...
Recently concluded UN Summit sets goal of ‘transforming the entire spectrum of food supply,’ battling world hunger, climate change and biodiversity loss
The UN held a Food Systems Summit as a virtual event on 23 September 2021, part of the 76th UN ...
GLP Podcast: Don’t fight science denial like this; CO2-sucking GE trees; Organic industry hates hydroponics
A new book outlines a method for changing the minds of "science deniers"—and it's terrible, according to a particularly harsh ...
Viewpoint: How European ‘precautionary politics’ hobble Kenya’s attempts to embrace biotechnology
Europe has now changed the way it approves pesticides, with its decisions no longer based on science or international testing ...
Japan ushers in CRISPR gene edited food revolution as hypertension-reducing tomato now on sale
In the coming years, a genetically engineered tomato may be your first line of defense against high blood pressure. Biotech ...
Biotechnology key to protecting crops from pests, diseases, and climate change, European Commission says — but EU GMO regulation lags
New genomic techniques (NGTs) have received the backing of the European Commission in a strategy paper, while NGOs promise an ...
Viewpoint: ‘Green neo-colonialism’ — Utopian visions of organic farming promote starvation in Africa
Across Africa, farmers and governments are struggling to feed growing populations. Ongoing and deadly locusts and Fall Armyworm infestations, cancer-causing ...
Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern ...
Viewpoint: Golden Rice approval fallout — ‘Greenpeace has transitioned from an organization concerned about the environment to one that fights against improved food security and reduced childhood blindness’
In late July 2021, the Philippines became the first country on the planet to approve Golden Rice for production and human ...
Viewpoint: European political opposition to genetically modified crops softens while US anti-glyphosate hysteria rages
Unlike America, Europe has traditionally been highly cautious of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – specifically, crops for animal feed and ...
Viewpoint: Facing booming global population and a warming climate, the EU’s ban on gene editing farm solutions is ‘as irrational as it is absurd’
In an article published [recently] in Nature, the chairmen of an international association of experts called the Scientific Group warn: ...
EU politicians move to implement controversial Green Deal Farm to Fork agricultural policy — but reject scientific sustainability assessments of its impact
Industry has repeatedly signalled its commitment to innovate in support of both Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy ...
Japan poised to approve CRISPR gene edited sea bream fish that has 50% more muscle mass — and requires no extra food
Japan is genetically modifying sea bream fish to have 50 percent more muscle and, according to Japan News/Yomiuri Shinbun, government ...
