Organisms obtained by the in vitro application of a mutagenesis technique, which has traditionally been used for various in vivo applications and whose safety has long been proven, are excluded from the scope of the GMO Directive (2001/18), the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday 7 February (Case C-688/21).
Random mutagenesis, which consists of increasing the frequency of spontaneous genetic mutations in living organisms, can be applied in vitro (mutagens are used on...