EU Commission’s new GMOs proposal sacrifices consumers’ rights and puts nature at risk

On 5 July 2023, the European Commission published its legislative proposal to deregulate the new generation of genetically modified plants (new GMOs, or now so-called ‘new genomic techniques’ or NGT). The proposal abolishes labelling requirements, safety checks and any type of liability processes for new GMOs. As a result, consumers, farmers, and food processors will no longer have transparency on whether the plants and food they grow, buy and eat contains new GMOs or not.