Norway: Crops / Food
Norway, which is not a member of the European Union, regulates cisgenic gene-editing and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) in the highly restrictive way Europe has regulated transgenically modified...
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Norway has a history of fierce opposition to transgenic biotechnology (GMOs) dating to the early 2000s. Proposed regulations state that gene-edited organisms without foreign genes do not fulfill the...
View ArticleColombia: Crops / Food
Gene-edited crops and food are regulated as conventionally-bred plants unless they contain foreign DNA, after a dossier is submitted to determine if they are exempt. In 2018, the Colombian...
View ArticleEcuador: Animals
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View ArticleEcuador: Crops / Food
Gene-edited crops that do not contain DNA from another species are regulated as conventionally-bred plants unless they contain foreign DNA. The regulation is based on the Organic Code of the...
View ArticleEcuador: Therapeutic / Stem Cell
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View ArticleEcuador: Gene Drives
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View ArticleSwitzerland: Crops / Food
As Switzerland is not part of the European Union, it has set its own policy and regulations on gene editing. Switzerland has a history of being a very aggressive opponent of biotechnology in all forms...
View ArticleCuba: Crops / Food
Cuba only recently began experimenting with the gene editing of crops, and any approvals may not happen for years. Its gradual embrace of genetic engineering began in 1986, when Fidel Castro founded...
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