Bangkok Post – BioThai wary of gene-edited crops move

BioThai is urging the government to exercise caution on any decision regarding gene-editing crops following the European Parliament decision last week to give them the green light, which also came with strict regulations.

The European Parliament on Feb 7 decided to relax controls on what are also known as new genomic techniques (NGTs) after a 307-to-263 vote in favour of the change. However, the decision was not simply a green light for gene editing as it came with certain caveats, according to BioThai.

The conditions specify that only plants that are identified as NGT1 will be exempt from the requirements of the GMO legislation; all other NGT plants (NGT2) will have to comply to the strict…