As the EU’s regulatory stance on gene-edited crops slips back toward ‘precautionary inertia’, Europe’s over-precaution threatens global food security Graham Brookes, Stuart Smyth | August 1, 2024

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2024/08/01/as-the-eus-regulatory-stance-on-gene-edited-crops-slips-back-toward-precautionary-inertia-europes-over-precaution-threatens-global-food-security/?mc_cid=8206e3b4b5&mc_eid=b73600b7ac Despite the much-hyped expectation that Europe was on course to follow other parts of the world in removing GMO-style regulatory requirements from gene edited (GE) crops, with EU elections looming and no agreement in sight the bloc now risks slipping back towards precautionary inertia.