Canada has finalized how crop varieties developed using gene editing technology will be treated in the registration and approval process.
announced last weekcrops developed using this technology would not be considered GMO or “novel”, giving them a more streamlined path to approval.
Plant breeders and seed companies know what will happen, so It will take some time before the first gene-edited strains appear It’s hurting farmers’ fields, but we want to know. What do you think will be the first new trait provided by gene editing?
