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Safety Approval for Gene-edited Crop
May 16 , 2023
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- China has approved the safety of a gene-edited soybean, its first approval of the technology in a crop.
- That Country increasingly looks to science to boost food production
- The soybean, developed by privately was owned Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology Co Ltd.
- It has two modified genes, which significantly raising the level of healthy fat oleic acid in the plant.
- Unlike genetic modification, which introduces foreign genes into a plant, gene editing alters existing genes.
- United States-based company Calyxt also developed a high oleic soybean, producing a healthy oil.
- It was the first gene-edited food to be approved in the U.S. in 2019.
- Japan has also approved gene-edited foods, including healthier tomatoes and faster-growing fish.
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