Development & Sale Of Gene-Edited Food Now Legal in England

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The Law has changed to allow gene-edited food to be developed and sold in England.

Receiving Royal Assent from the ‘Green’ King, Charles, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act passed into law on March 23rd enabling the development and marketing of gene edited crops.

Gene editing, genome editing, or genome engineering is a type of genetic engineering in which DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in the genome of a living organism

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According to the BBC: Supporters of the technology say it will speed up the development of hardier crops that will be needed because of climate change.

Critics say that the change could bring ”disaster” to our food production and the environment.

Gene editing involves making precise changes to an organism’s DNA to enhance certain characteristics.

The new law also opens the door to the development of gene-edited farm animals, but a further vote by MPs will be required before it is allowed, again only in England.

The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments have not permitted the commercial use of gene editing.

The UK’s largest animal charity, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has warned that pets could now be subjected to gene editing under the new law.

According to the Guardian : The RSPCA has said that the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act applies to all vertebrate animals, not only farmed animals, and that it could lead to cats and dogs being gene-edited to include extreme features.

The law allows the creation and marketing of “precision-bred” or genome-edited plants and vertebrate animals in England. The government said it would allow farmers to grow crops that are drought- and disease-resistant, reduce the use of fertilisers and pesticides, and help breed animals that are protected from catching harmful diseases.

The UK environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, described the act, which received royal assent on Thursday, as a “Brexit freedom”, but the RSPCA said it could have dire consequences for animal welfare.

David Bowles, the head of campaigns and public affairs at the RSPCA, criticised what he described as an “ill-judged policy”. He said the charity had tried to get the government to include an exemption for pets, but was “sadly ignored”.

He added: “Gene editing could be a huge step backwards for animals. We do not believe this act should include animals, whether they are farm, pet or wildlife. Invasive procedures are needed to create each line of gene-edited mammals, there is no history of use for this powerful technology, and it can cause unintended changes to the genome, with unpredictable effects. The RSPCA has serious animal welfare and ethical concerns about this.”

Genome editing is a group of techniques that enable changes to an organism’s DNA, and the animal charity warned that editing an animal’s genome involved procedures that could cause “pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm”. Gene editing was previously subject to the strict rules and regulations that control genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but under this new law gene-edited animals and food will not be classed in England as GMOs and will not need to be labelled as such.

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  1. And Ukraine is 35% of the richest farmlands on earth. That’s where Black rock now own 18million acres and Putin said that he will not allow gmo food to be in Russia and if they growthrm in Ukraine the winds will contaminate all of Russia farms too. So they’re shutting down farms to eliminate choices.
    But I’m sure that if people weren’t so wastefulorganicfarm8ng could provide all the food people need without pesticides or fertilisers. And Charles was famously
    always for organics. What changed?

    • nature has a way of breaking down human meddling. When I say nature, i am refering to God’s design. Human intervention is only temporary before God’s laws come to correct it. Just like that lab made corona virus, it was quickly made harmless by shedding its artifical human induced parts, and returning to it’s original form.

    • INTERNATIONAL SHARE CROPPING has EVERY country full of toxic chems …only a few are fighting chemic run off and toxic hot spots and now with GMO`s and 70 years of HYbred crops any natural setting NON-cancer causeing food is long GONE.

  2. Instead of solving human problems. They are adding more troubles in everything created or related to the Real Creator of the universe. It’s obvious an open disgusting confrontation in line with their lucifer’s agendas.

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