The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is due to vote, on Wednesday 24 January, on its position on the proposal governing the use of new genomic techniques (NGTs), but the outcome of the vote is highly uncertain.
The NGT plants covered by the scope of this proposal fall into two categories. Category 1 plants, mentioned as being equivalent to naturally-bred or conventionally-bred plants, are defined by the criteria for equivalence to...