Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 8/22/18


USDA’s Sid Abel and Doug McKalip just briefed me on the new regulatory framework that is shaping up for the oversight of plants modified by what they are now calling “plant breeding innovations.” These include the much-touted CRISPR/Cas-based gene editing, as well as other new approaches to the modification of plants’ genetic material. I could barely believe what I was hearing. So here goes…..

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