Top news of the week: 14.08.2022.
‘Feed Your Mind’: FDA releases guide on GMOs, emphasizing their safety, sustainability and occasional nutritional advantages
GMO foods have been available to consumers since the early 1990s. Since then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Environmental ...
Could South Africa’s Gene-Editing Regulations Decrease Local Food Security?
According to some experts, South Africa’s gene editing legislation is extremely short-sighted and doesn’t bode well for food security concerns, reports Busani Bafana.
Preventing late blight with GMO potatoes could ease food insecurity
Commentary: Stop GMO critics from making choices for farmers in Africa or Asia.
GM seeds likely to be in the hands of Ghanaian farmers by next year, scientists say
Ghanaian scientists say genetically modified seeds will most likely be in the hands of farmers by the start of the next planting season. The prediction was made during a recent AfS Live ...
Gene Editing May Soon Be Rolling in Clover
Demeetra AgBio uses a dimeric system (Cas-CLOVER) and a transposase system (piggyBac) for applications in biotechnology.
Bluu Seafood unveils its first lab-grown fish products and readies for regulators
Bluu Seafood, a German company developing “lab-grown” fish, is showcasing its first finished products as it prepares to begin the regulatory approval process for key markets in Asia, ...