FSA gene editing rethink garners support

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England could be on course to have one of the ‘most progressive and enabling regulatory systems for gene edited products in the world’
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England could be on course to have one of the ‘most progressive and enabling regulatory systems for gene edited products in the world’

Hopes England could be on course to adopt a more progressive approach to gene editing regulation have been raised following recent Food Standards Agency (FSA) discussions. Crop science organisation NIAB welcomed...

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