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Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground
Regulations for organisms and products to which genome-editing technologies are applied are increasing in diversity, with the path-dependent effect of previous regulations for genetically modified organisms. Regulations for genome-editing technologies are a patchwork of international regulations tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9923018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36794228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1105426 |
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author | Tachikawa, Masashi Matsuo, Makiko |
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description | Regulations for organisms and products to which genome-editing technologies are applied are increasing in diversity, with the path-dependent effect of previous regulations for genetically modified organisms. Regulations for genome-editing technologies are a patchwork of international regulations that are difficult to harmonize. However, if the approaches are arranged in chronological order and the overall trend is examined, the regulation of genome-edited organisms and GM food products has recently been trending toward a middle ground which can be characterized as “limited convergence.” There is a trend toward the adoption of two approaches: one that considers GMOs but tries to apply simplified regulations and another that excludes them from the scope of regulations as non-GMOs but requires confirmation. In this paper, we discuss why there is a tendency toward convergence of these two approaches and examine the challenges and implications of these two approaches for the governance of the agricultural and food sectors. |
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spelling | pubmed-99230182023-02-14 Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground Tachikawa, Masashi Matsuo, Makiko Front Plant Sci Plant Science Regulations for organisms and products to which genome-editing technologies are applied are increasing in diversity, with the path-dependent effect of previous regulations for genetically modified organisms. Regulations for genome-editing technologies are a patchwork of international regulations that are difficult to harmonize. However, if the approaches are arranged in chronological order and the overall trend is examined, the regulation of genome-edited organisms and GM food products has recently been trending toward a middle ground which can be characterized as “limited convergence.” There is a trend toward the adoption of two approaches: one that considers GMOs but tries to apply simplified regulations and another that excludes them from the scope of regulations as non-GMOs but requires confirmation. In this paper, we discuss why there is a tendency toward convergence of these two approaches and examine the challenges and implications of these two approaches for the governance of the agricultural and food sectors. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9923018/ /pubmed/36794228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1105426 Text en Copyright © 2023 Tachikawa and Matsuo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Tachikawa, Masashi Matsuo, Makiko Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground |
title | Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground |
title_full | Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground |
title_fullStr | Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground |
title_full_unstemmed | Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground |
title_short | Divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: How to find a middle ground |
title_sort | divergence and convergence in international regulatory policies regarding genome-edited food: how to find a middle ground |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9923018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36794228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1105426 |
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