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Press Release: EU, stop fooling yourself – ‘New’ GM food: EU drops all protection of health, farmers and environment

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[25 June 2026] After three years of deliberation, the EU has still ignored scientific arguments and common sense and decided to abolish the risk assessment of so-called ‘new’ genetically modified plants and the labelling of the resulting food and feed. The basis of this decision is the old, obstinate but false idea that GM plants … Read more

Open letter regarding Secondary legislation for the Genetic Technology Act

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Letter by Michael Antoniou (Professor of Molecular Genetics and Toxicology Co-Director King’s College London) and Claire Robinson (GMWatch) Dear Minister Zeichner, Following your recent announcement of the government’s intention to proceed with secondarylegislation to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act, we are writing to informyou that several elements must be included in the secondary … Read more