Protecting Children and Adolescents from Misleading Marketing and Unlabelled New Genomic Techniques in Food

22 October 2025

This position paper highlights the potential impacts New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) could have if the European Commission’s recently proposed regulation is approved in its current form. It sets out urgent
recommendations for how the use and communication about NGTs, and novel foods should
be regulated, with particular attention to those targeting children and adolescent groups that
are especially vulnerable and whose long-term health and wellbeing require stronger
protection.