Victory for environmental consumer and sustainable small-scale agricultural campaigners. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) made using certain mutagenesis techniques with the same effects as transgenesis that appeared after 2001 are covered by obligations listed in the GMO directive said the European Court of Justice in a highly awaited case on Wednesday 25 July (Case C-528/16, see EUROPE 12068).
The GMO directive (2001/18/EC) on the voluntary dissemination of GMOs in the...