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At the end of October 2022, European experts from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published an opinion on the criteria to be followed to assess the risks associated with “plants produced by targeted mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis”. While they confirm the absence of a history of safe use of these GMOs, they nevertheless recommend […]

The possible absence of a traceability obligation for “new GMOs” by the European Commission would give patents an unjustified and deleterious scope for farmers and small seed companies, but also for biodiversity and food. In November 2019, the European Council invites the European Commission (EC) to “submit a study in the light of the judgment […]

On Saturday, November 19, Greenpeace activists decided to raise awareness among consumers on the issue of “new GMOs” and invited supermarket chains to demand that the French and European authorities label all GMOs, whether they are derived from transgenesis or another genetic modification technique. This action complements those carried out by the Faucheurs volontaires d’OGM […]

The vast majority of genetically modified plants (GM plants) grown in the world have been modified to be herbicide tolerant. The use of these plants poses many problems, including environmental ones, and the emergence of many weeds that are also tolerant. A South Korean study of the agrochemical industry’s patent applications suggests that the industry […]

On October 27, 2022, Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, delivered his opinion in a case initiated in November 2021 by the French Council of State. For him, the Court should simply ignore the questions posed by the Council of State and rule that GMOs obtained by “in […]

Between December 2021 and July 2022, the European Commission met with the seed and biotech industries to discuss the proposed deregulation of many GMOs. Documents from the European Commission obtained by the European Corporate Observatory (CEO), which Inf’OGM was able to read, shed light on the legislative intentions of this body. They also show that […]

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is one of the world’s largest certifiers of ’sustainably harvested timber’. Since 1995, it has banned genetically modified trees, which limits de facto their development and marketing. Indeed, this label covers very large areas of forest and involves the main companies in the timber industry. However, the FSC has been […]

On 22 July 2022, the public consultation conducted by the European Commission on a potential future differentiated framework for GMOs obtained by “directed mutagenesis and cisgenesis” ended. At the same time, a targeted consultation of various European stakeholders was held by a consultancy firm mandated by the European Commission. According to the questionnaire sent out […]

In the Western world, conducting pseudo-public consultations before decisions are made seems to become more and more the regular mode of public action and of building social acceptance. The field of GMOs is no exception. In the European Union (EU), a public consultation on the legislation applicable to certain GMOs has just ended. But the […]