Since 2021, when the European Commission began to analyse the situation and concluded that the regulatory framework was not suitable for [New Genomic Techniques], the process has been slow and has now been halted since the Belgian presidency of the European Council. No progress is expected during the current Hungarian presidency or the upcoming Polish one….
“In Europe, we are many years behind in the use of new genetic editing techniques . And, precisely, these techniques facilitate the speed in obtaining the desired results. They are like shortcuts to get to the same place, but faster, cheaper and with greater guarantees of success and safety, because the procedure is much more controlled,” says Javier Bernabeu, general manager of Sakata Seed Ibérica.
[Editor’s Note: This article has been translated from Spanish and edited for clarity.]
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