{"id":122825,"date":"2022-09-20T18:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/09\/20\/gene-editing-is-not-precision-breeding-international-scientists-and-policy-experts\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T18:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:26:48","slug":"gene-editing-is-not-precision-breeding-international-scientists-and-policy-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/gene-editing-is-not-precision-breeding-international-scientists-and-policy-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Editing Is Not \u201cPrecision Breeding\u201d \u2013 International Scientists and Policy Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 56 international scientists and policy experts have published a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1bTXTWZwwDHfReRaiA4Kt25Jfrqab4iNyAlLAsEGTPR4\/edit?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> opposing the use of the term \u201cprecision breeding\u201d to describe gene or genome editing, on the grounds that it is \u201ctechnically and scientifically inaccurate and therefore misleads Parliament, regulators, and the public\u201d. [UPDATE 15 Sept: There are now 80 signatories.]<\/p>\n<p>The move comes at a time when the UK government is planning to remove regulatory controls around (\u201cderegulate\u201d) gene-editing technology in food and farming. It has published a draft bill, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, which is currently working its way through the Houses of Parliament. The bill creates a new subclass of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), calling them \u201cprecision bred organisms\u201d or PBOs and claiming that they could have occurred naturally or through traditional breeding.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cprecision breeding\u201d, in addition to being used in the title and text of the UK draft bill, is also increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/allea.org\/category\/genome-editing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">used<\/a> in the EU by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eu-sage.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-03\/EU-SAGE%20information.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">those<\/a> who want to see gene-edited crops, foods, and animals deregulated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 56 international scientists and policy experts have published a statement opposing the use of the term \u201cprecision breeding\u201d to describe gene or genome editing, on the grounds that it is \u201ctechnically and scientifically inaccurate and therefore misleads Parliament, regulators, and the public\u201d. 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