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“Traffic Light Coalition” agreement and assignment of ministries: Green Light for "Ohne Gentechnik"

The words "genetic engineering" do not appear in the new German “Traffic Light Coalition” agreement between the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens…

Tegut is first ENGA member from the food retail sector

The [German] Tegut supermarket chain is the first corporate member from the food retail sector in the new European "Ohne Gentechnik" association ENGA…

More than 70,000 comments on EU’s GMO deregulation plans

More than 70,000 EU citizens, associations and organisations took the opportunity to comment publicly on the EU Commission's GMO deregulation plans.…

Anuga 2021: Retailers oppose genetic engineering deregulation plans

Other major European retailers have joined a joint resolution against the EU Commission's deregulation plans, under which many new GM products would…

Anuga 2021: Great potential for "Ohne Gentechnik" pork and beef

"Ohne GenTechnik" [Non-GMO] has become the almost universal standard for dairy products within just a decade, accounting for a good three-quarters of…

Food Trend "Clean Label" at Anuga 2021: Three quarters of milk in Germany produced without genetic engineering

More than three quarters of milk in Germany is now produced without genetic engineering, the share is 76 percent in total. Ten years ago, it was only…

Great Britain's roadmap for the deregulation of genetic engineering

The British government now wants to apply Brexit to genetic engineering regulations as well. Plants developed with new genetic engineering are soon to…

Switzerland extends moratorium - also for new genetic engineering

The Swiss National Council has voted to extend the moratorium on genetic engineering, which has been in place since 2005, until the end of 2025. The…

"Climate eggs" through local soy feed

If egg laying hens are fed with local soy instead of imported soy from South America, the climate impact of their eggs shrinks by 41 percent. Soy…

VLOG survey: „Bundestag“ parliamentary groups on the future of "Ohne Gentechnik"

For the "Ohne Gentechnik" sector, there are trend-setting political decisions to be made in the new legislative period. All parties represented in the…

Authority apparently informed U.S. GMO manufacturer about VLOG "campaign"

The German Federal Agency of Consumer Protection and Food Safety [Deutsches Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit – BVL],…

"Ohne Gentechnik" umbrella organisation ENGA grows

The new European umbrella organisation of the European "Ohne Gentechnik" [Non-GMO] sector ENGA (European Non-GMO Industry Association) has already…

"Bundestag" elections: Almost two-thirds oppose easing of genetic engineering rules

Nearly two-thirds of German voters (65 percent) oppose easing the rules for approval and labeling of plants derived from new genetic engineering…

Changeover: "Ohne GenTechnik" to become a certification mark

The "Ohne GenTechnik" seal will be changed to the new brand category "Gewährleistungsmarke" ["certification mark"] for independent standard issuers.…

German Retailers Association BVLH calls for regulation and detection methods for new genetic engineering

The National Association of German Food Retailers (Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels - BVLH) has now commented even twice on the subject…

3:3 on genetic engineering in "Bundestag" election manifestos

Genetic engineering is a topic in all the manifestos of the parties represented in the German Parliament [Bundestag] - mostly by exact term, sometimes…

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