(From January 2024)

Headlines of all articles in Bio Journal translated into English (most recent at top, abbreviations table at foot of page). Where the entire article has been translated into English the headline below is linked to the article. For further information, kindly contact CBIC staff at: cbic@mtf.biglobe.ne.jp

Contents

Trend:
Food Safety Commission relaxes safety screening of GM foods and additives

News

• Germany and France seek restrictions on EU approval of NGTs (FoE Europe 2024/3/25)
• US approves soybeans genetically modified with pig genes (Bloomberg 2024/4/20)
• Citizens protest Canadian intervention in Mexican GM corn regulations (CBAN 2024/4/19)
• Philippine court hands down verdict on ban on growing GM rice and eggplants (MASIPAG 2024/4/9)
• Development of genome-edited tilapia advances (The Fish Site 2024/4/15)
• US Pairwise discontinues sales of genome-edited karashina (Foovo 2024/3/4)
• Human genome editing resumed in China (Mainichi Newspaper 2024/4/1)
• UK Food Standards Agency rushes approval of cultured meat (GMWatch 2024/4/3)
• Marketing of cultured quail meat permitted in Singapore (Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2024/4/8)
• Osaka Kansai Expo cancels cultured meat sales, and will exhibit only (The Japan Agricultural News 2024/4/16)

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Trend:
A series of genome-edited rice varieties developed (Springer Link 2024/2/2 and others)

News

• French food safety agency warns of dangers of NGTs (ANSES 2024/1/22)
• New Zealand allows genome-edited crops (GE Free New Zealand 2024/2/27)
• Request submitted to the United Nations for intervention in GM wheat cultivation (GMWatch 2024/2/28)
• Three municipal councils in Shizuoka Prefecture adopt opinions calling for genome-edited food labeling
• Cultured meat disappears from Singapore market (Foovo 2024/3/6)
• Korea opens applications for approval of cultured meat (Foovo 2024/2/23)
• Proposal for human genome editing put forward by over 70 organizations and individuals (The Center for Genetics and Society 2024/2/27)

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Trend:
European Parliament also narrowly passes bill containing no restrictions on new genomic techniques (GMWatch 2024/2/14 and others)

News

• Israel approves cultured beef (Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2024/1/19)
• Consortium established to develop cultured meat in Europe (Foovo 2024/2/7)
• Cell-cultured meat disappears from the US market (Wired 2024/2/2)
• Edible insect company goes bankrupt (Shinano Mainichi Newspaper 2024/2/1)
• Genome-edited rapeseed has large environmental impact (Preprints.org 2024/2/6)
• Risks of introduction of genome-edited poplar (Testbiotech 2024/1/22)
• MAFF grants subsidies to genome-editing companies, etc.
• MHLW to draft guidance on cultured meat

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Trend:
European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) approves draft foregoing the regulation of NTGs (FoE Europe 2024/1/24 and others)

News

• Toyama genome-edited fish farm severely damaged by earthquake (Regional Fish 2024/1/19 and others)
• Clinical test of eggs produced by genome-edited chickens selected as AMED research project (Kewpie-Aohata News 2014/1/18)
• GM rapeseed approved for farmed salmon in Norway (GMWatch 2024/1/10)
• China to turn away from reliance on GM grain to domestic production (Reuters 2023/12/27)
• Canadian and US governments shut down ability of Canadian NGOs to comment in trade dispute over Mexico�fs GM corn ban (CBAN 2024/1/9 )
• Precision fermenting production gets underway in earnest in Israel (Foovo 2024/1/19)
• Online shop Korogi-Lab closes down (Gryllus 2024/1/17)
• Experiment conducted on external use of genome-edited pig liver (MIT Technology Review 2024/1/23 )
• Non-approved GM tropical fish in illegal distribution (Ministry of the Environment 2024/1/17)

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Trend:
European Commission once again approves glyphosate just as its dangers are becoming apparent (bioRxiv 2023/11/14 and others)

News

• Genome-edited eggs to go to clinical trials
  (Yomiuri Shimbun Online 2023/11/24)
• Genome-edited red seabream to be sold at direct sales outlets die en masse
  (Nikkei Shimbun Online 2023/12/6)
• Norway's genome-edited salmon farming plan to be suspended
  (Test Biotech 2023/11/21)
• Suspension of development of GM chestnut tree
  (Campaign to STOP GE Trees 2023/11/28)
• Opposition moves against the promotion of genomic techniques become animated in EU
  (GMWatch 2023/11/30 and others)
• Completion of notification of the third type of genome-edited fish
  (Regional Fish Institute, Ltd. 2023/12/25)
• Mitsui Chemicals opens biological pesticide development laboratory in Tokyo
  (Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun 2023/11/27)
• Regional Fish Institute, Ltd. advances into Thailand
  (bangkokbiznews 2023/12/15 and others)
• Soy meat food sales plummet
  (Nikkei Shimbun Online 2023/12/8)
• Next Convention on Biodiversity meeting (CBD-COP16) to be held in Bolivia
  (CBD 2023/12/15)