MEP Christophe Clergeau (S&D, French) is not calling for a “no to new genomic techniques” (NGTs), but he is calling, ahead of the vote on Wednesday 24 January in the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, for “a robust method for analysing plants, to distinguish between categories 1 and 2”, as well as a traceability procedure and freedom of choice mechanisms for the benefit of consumers and farmers.
“I’ve never been against” NGTs, he told EUROPE on...