Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62116

Genetically Modified Organisms

Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Sarah Bool

ConservativeSouth Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Food Standards Agency on a revision to its draft guidance on precision breeding to ensure it does not impose GMO-style data requirement

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has worked closely with Defra throughout the development of the Precision Breeding legislation and will continue to do so. Following stakeholder engagement on the draft technical guidance for Precision Bred organisms for fo...

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