SAFE objects to political agreement on NGTs, calls for EP proposal to be revived
04 December 2025
SAFE opposes the political agreement to exempt certain non-genomic techniques
(NGTs) from the legal requirements currently applicable to GMOs, to protect organic crops from cross-contamination.
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