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| | Syngenta cuts UK wheat breeding, GMO lobby worried GMO and chemical company Syngenta is set to close its Cambridge-based UK wheat breeding programme after 35 years, focusing its activity on the European continent instead. Lamenting this development and others that might affect the future of GMOs in the UK, GMO-supporting farmer David Hill writes on the lobbying website Science for Sustainable Agriculture: "While England has carved out a clear head start over the rest of Europe in relation to gene editing in agriculture with the passing into law of the Precision Breeding Act, are we about to cede advantage to the EU on this issue too? Draft guidance from the Food Standards Agency looks set to deter developers with GMO-style data requirements, and serious questions remain over how an exemption for the Precision Breeding Act from planned dynamic alignment of UK and EU food safety rules might work in practice." GMWatch is baffled as to the "GMO-style data requirements" reportedly planned by the FSA, as the drafts we've seen invite GMO developers to classify their own GMOs as "precision bred" and conventional-like – and the agency doesn't require any proof that this is the case. GMWatch comment on article on Science for Sustainable Agriculture website We hope you’ve found this newsletter interesting. It was made possible by GMWatch supporters. To become one, please support our work with a one-off or regular donation. Thank you! __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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