An initiative to protect Swiss food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), backed by 137,000 supporters, has been submitted to the Federal Chancellery in Bern.

European Union (EU) member countries are within their right to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops in part or all of their territory, the EU's top court has ruled.

The European Commission recently proposed relaxing laws on GMOs, exempting certain GMO plants from the EU’s strict GMO regulations. Gene-edited plants, for instance, would not be labeled as GMOs.

Swiss lawmakers want more time to discuss how to deal with new genetic engineering methods by extending a long-running moratorium.

New genomic techniques, new breeding techniques, gene editing, precision breeding – these buzzwords may sound like winning moves in Scrabble, but they are mainly confusing for many of us. And make no mistake, they were designed for that very purpose.

After a nine-year legal battle, a full bench of South Africa’s supreme court of appeal has set aside the commercial approval of a genetically modified variety of maize.

A coalition of over 100 civil society actors, farmers, scientists, legal practitioners, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers have placed a demand on the Nigerian Government to discontinue plans to introduce genetically modified potatoes and out-rightly ban GMOs in the country, stating they violate fundamental human rights and target Nigeria’s food system.

In what is being seen as a significant victory for Mexico, Monsanto has withdrawn its legal challenge against a 2020 presidential decree aimed at banning glyphosate and genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption.