Gene-edited food now legal in England

Ice Tea · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:41

Commercial development of gene-edited food now legal in England

The law has changed to allow the commercial development and sale of gene-edited food in England.

www.bbc.co.uk

At the moment they are only allowed to do short cuts of what would be produced naturally or through traditional crossbreeding programmes.

GM can involve the introduction of genes from other species and will not be permitted.

Hope it stays that way.

Tom_ed1987 · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:43

Excellent news, and a nice tangible Brexit benefit?

checjb · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:45

Can I ask why you "Hope it stays that way"?

Ice Tea · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:45

It should help the Bee population.

Ice Tea · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:50

checjb said:
Can I ask why you "Hope it stays that way"?

Some countries still have an outright ban on edited foods so i think we need to be careful not alienate ourselves when we are still opening up new trade routes after Brexit.

throwaway4372 · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:53

I don't get it, how is GE worse than GM or food processing that we've had for ages? Most food is processed now in the search for profit. Been that way all my life.

checjb · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:55

Ice Tea said:
Some countries still have an outright ban on GM foods so i think we need to be careful not alienate ourselves when we are still opening up new trade routes after Brexit.

And I can understand that point of view. TBH, I think a lot of the base is the standard "Frankenstein foods" nonsense.

To me, it is very reminiscent of the moral panic if the 80s/90s around D&D = "path to Satan!" allied with a healthy dose of science denying, fear mongering.

Of course, I'm keen to ensure that any GM organisms are fully tested and controlled. And let's leave dinosaurs alone.

Ice Tea · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:57

What is gene-edited food and is it safe to eat?

Gene-edited food can now be developed and sold in England, but not in the rest of the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

throwaway4372 said:
I don't get it, how is GE worse than GM or food processing that we've had for ages? Most food is processed now in the search for profit. Been that way all my life.

I must admit i'm a bit confused by it.

BUDFORCE · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:58

Yea positive thing in my opinion, they have been doing it over the pond for years and they are not all retarded and deformed.

Ice Tea · 24 Mar 2023 at 07:59

BUDFORCE said:
Yea positive thing in my opinion, they have been doing it over the pond for years and they are not all retarded and deformed.

Not sure if there is hidden sarcasm?

Sankari · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:01

Ice Tea said:
Commercial development of gene-edited food now legal in England

The law has changed to allow the commercial development and sale of gene-edited food in England.

www.bbc.co.uk

At the moment they are only allowed to do short cuts of what would be produced naturally or through traditional crossbreeding programmes.

Hope it stays that way.

Bloody hell, it's about time. Amazing that there's still so much resistance to it.

BUDFORCE · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:01

Ice Tea said:
Not sure if there is hidden sarcasm?

I cannot confirm, nor deny sir.

Brazo · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:15

Ice Tea said:
Not sure if there is hidden sarcasm?

My alarm went off!!

SpellowHouse · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:19

throwaway4372 said:
I don't get it, how is GE worse than GM or food processing that we've had for ages? Most food is processed now in the search for profit. Been that way all my life.

I am not commenting on whether the food is safe or not, since I don't know the science myself, but usually protestors simply don't understand the science behind these things. They latch on to something without any reason. Why, for example, have they been perfectly happy with 4G and yet are burning down 5G towers? I do understand the science there, and that, to me, makes no sense whatsoever.

Chuk_Chuk · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:19

My biggest concern is companies patenting these seeds and then not permitting farmers to replant seeds they get from their crops. You can end up in a situation where your entire crop production is tied to paying royalties to a company.

I hope they keep a good stock of non GM seeds for use if something extreme happens.

SpellowHouse · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:21

Chuk_Chuk said:
My biggest concern is companies patenting these seeds and then not permitting farmers to replant seeds they get from their crops. You can end up in a situation where your entire crop production is tied to paying royalties to a company.

I hope they keep a good stock of non GM seeds for use if something extreme happens.

Isn't that already the case?

MikeTheNative · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:23

Classic case of people being scared of things they don't understand.

throwaway4372 · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:27

SpellowHouse said:
Isn't that already the case?

Yeah, Monsanto

Chuk_Chuk · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:27

SpellowHouse said:
Isn't that already the case?

Which part of my post? The part about not being able to plant crops without paying royalties or the part about keeping a stock of non GM seeds or both?

Murphy · 24 Mar 2023 at 08:29

SpellowHouse said:
I am not commenting on whether the food is safe or not, since I don't know the science myself, but usually protestors simply don't understand the science behind these things. They latch on to something without any reason. Why, for example, have they been perfectly happy with 4G and yet are burning down 5G towers? I do understand the science there, and that, to me, makes no sense whatsoever.

The last time i looked into it a lot of the banning of it was based on public opinion and not the science, I'll admit that when i looked into it i was very much in the no blooming way camp but after investigating i changed my mind.

Also if you don't know how dangerous 5's can be then you best duck when i start throwing them.