{"id":23174,"date":"2018-08-13T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=23174"},"modified":"2018-08-12T21:26:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T01:26:06","slug":"take-action-tell-usda-purposeful-mutagenesis-genetic-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2018\/08\/take-action-tell-usda-purposeful-mutagenesis-genetic-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: Tell USDA that Purposeful Mutagenesis Is Genetic Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23187\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AOTWmutagenesis.image_-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"284\" \/>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, August 13, 2018)\u00a0<strong>Tell USDA to Follow the EU in Classifying New Mutagenesis Techniques as GMO.\u00a0<\/strong>The Court of Justice of the European Union has highlighted the fact that failing to classify mutagenesis (purposeful changes in DNA) as genetic engineering is a backdoor way of allowing GMOs (genetically modified organisms) without labeling them as such. The court <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcuria.europa.eu%2Fjcms%2Fupload%2Fdocs%2Fapplication%2Fpdf%2F2018-07%2Fcp180111en.pdf\">issued an opinion<\/a> on July 25, saying, \u201cOrganisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs [genetically engineered organisms] and are, in principle, subject to the obligations laid down by the GMO directive.\u201d Although the opinion does not apply to techniques that \u201chave been conventionally used in a number of applications and have a long safety record,\u201d the court says that member states may subject even those organisms to the obligations of the GMO or other directives. The court <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=3&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuria.europa.eu%2Fjuris%2Fdocument%2Fdocument.jsf%3Bjsessionid%3D9ea7d0f130da2e8c8cd49da4446893638eaa190f4730.e34KaxiLc3eQc40LaxqMbN4Pb3qTe0%3Ftext%3D%26docid%3D198532%26pageIndex%3D0%26doclang%3DEN%26mode%3Dreq%26dir%3D%26occ%3Dfirst%26part%3D1%26cid%3D433212\">finds<\/a> that the risks of new mutagenesis techniques, may yield results \u2013and risks\u2014 similar to those of transgenesis (introducing genes from other organisms), and should thus be regulated as genetically engineered organisms.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.beyondpesticides.org\/p\/dia\/action4\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=26431\">Tell USDA to classify mutagenesis techniques as GMO<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This issue is one on which the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture requested comment during an informal comment period that ended July 17. Given the importance of the EU Court finding for consumer transparency and international trade, AMS must consider the ruling in defining \u201cbioengineering\u201d (genetic modification) for the purposes of labeling GMO food produced in the U.S. It must also consider it in developing regulations and policies governing the National Organic Program.<\/p>\n<p>The opinion of the Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice states, \u201cFor the Applicants, the use of herbicide resistant seed varieties obtained by mutagenesis carries a risk of significant harm to the environment and to human and animal health. It leads to an accumulation of carcinogenic molecules or endocrine disruptors in cultivated plants intended for human or animal consumption. The Applicants refer, moreover, to the risks of unintentional effects, such as undesired or off-target mutations on other parts of the genome. They consider that this is the result of the techniques employed when modification of the genome takes place <em>in vitro<\/em> and for the regeneration of plants from the cells thus modified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.beyondpesticides.org\/p\/dia\/action4\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=26431\">Tell USDA to classify mutagenesis techniques as GMO<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Letter to USDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>USDA must classify mutagenesis techniques, which change the genetic information of an organism, as genetically modified\/bioengineered for the purposes of GMO labeling and as excluded methods for organic regulations. Failing to classify mutagenesis as genetic engineering is a backdoor way of allowing GMOs without labeling them as such. The use of herbicide- resistant seed varieties obtained by mutagenesis carries a risk of significant harm to the environment and to human and animal health, leading to an accumulation of carcinogenic chemicals or endocrine disruptors in cultivated plants intended for human or animal consumption. In addition, unintended effects, including undesired or off-target mutations in other parts of the genome, may result from the techniques employed when modification of the genome takes place through modern mutagenesis techniques.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The Court of Justice of the European Union issued an opinion on July 25, saying, \u201cOrganisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs [genetically engineered organisms] and are, in principle, subject to the obligations laid down by the GMO directive.\u201d Although the opinion does not apply to techniques that \u201chave been conventionally used in a number of applications and have a long safety record,\u201d the court says that member states may subject even those organisms to the obligations of the GMO or other directives. The court finds that the risks of new mutagenesis techniques, may yield results \u2013and risks\u2014 similar to those of transgenesis, and should thus be regulated as genetically engineered organisms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>This issue is one on which the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) requested comment during an informal comment period that ended July 17. Given the importance of the EU Court finding for consumer transparency and international trade, AMS must consider the ruling in defining \u201cbioengineering\u201d (genetic modification) for the purposes of labeling GMO food produced in the U.S. It must also consider it in developing regulations and policies governing the National Organic Program. Such consideration will lead to the conclusion that USDA must classify mutagenesis techniques as genetically modified\/bioengineered for the purposes of GMO labeling and as excluded methods for organic regulations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Sincerely,<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, August 13, 2018)\u00a0Tell USDA to Follow the EU in Classifying New Mutagenesis Techniques as GMO.\u00a0The Court of Justice of the European Union has highlighted the fact that failing to classify mutagenesis (purposeful changes in DNA) as genetic engineering is a backdoor way of allowing GMOs (genetically modified organisms) without labeling them as such. The court issued an opinion on July 25, saying, \u201cOrganisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs [genetically engineered organisms] and are, in principle, subject to the obligations laid down by the GMO directive.\u201d Although the opinion does not apply to techniques that \u201chave been conventionally used in a number of applications and have a long safety record,\u201d the court says that member states may subject even those organisms to the obligations of the GMO or other directives. The court finds that the risks of new mutagenesis techniques, may yield results \u2013and risks\u2014 similar to those of transgenesis (introducing genes from other organisms), and should thus be regulated as genetically engineered organisms. Tell USDA to classify mutagenesis techniques as GMO. 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The court issued an opinion on July 25, saying, \u201cOrganisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs [genetically engineered organisms] and are, in principle, subject to the obligations laid down by the GMO directive.\u201d Although the opinion does not apply to techniques that \u201chave been conventionally used in a number of applications and have a long safety record,\u201d the court says that member states may subject even those organisms to the obligations of the GMO or other directives. The court finds that the risks of new mutagenesis techniques, may yield results \u2013and risks\u2014 similar to those of transgenesis (introducing genes from other organisms), and should thus be regulated as genetically engineered organisms. Tell USDA to classify mutagenesis techniques as GMO. 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