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Agriculture

Gene editing in crops, livestock and aquaculture, and the very different rules countries apply to it.

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Crops Gene-edited cropsEdited crops are already on sale in several countries, regulated very differently depending on whether the… Crops Gene-edited tomatoesA GABA-enriched tomato sold in Japan from 2021 was among the first gene-edited foods to reach consumers… Crops Gene-edited wheatEditing all six copies of a gene at once made wheat resistant to a disease that conventional breeding could… Crops Gene-edited riceThe staple food of more than half the world, edited for yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance and… Crops Gene-edited cornWaxy corn was among the first gene-edited crops cleared for the US market, in 2016. Livestock Gene-edited cattleSlick-coated cattle, edited for heat tolerance, received FDA clearance in 2022 — the first low-risk… Livestock Gene-edited pigsEdited for disease resistance in farming — and, separately, edited extensively to make their organs… Aquaculture Gene-edited fish and aquacultureEdited red sea bream and tiger puffer have been sold in Japan since 2021 — and the better-known fast-growing… Regulation How countries regulate edited foodWhether an edited crop faces years of review or none at all depends almost entirely on where it is grown.