IFOAM Organics Europe calls for EU to uphold ban on novel genomic techniques

06 Dec 2023 — IFOAM Organics Europe has called on members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and member states to maintain the ban on using novel genomic techniques (NGTs) in organic production as laid out in the European Commission’s proposal. NGTs are techniques capable of changing the genetic material of an organism and have been developed since 2001.