China approved safety of a gene-edited soybean, its first approval of the technology in a crop
China approved safety of a gene-edited soybean, its first approval of the technology in a crop

China approved safety of a gene-edited soybean, its first approval of the technology in a crop

 

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The soybean, developed by privately owned Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd, has two modified genes, significantly raising the level of healthy fat oleic acid in the plant. Unlike genetic modification, which introduces foreign genes into a plant, gene editing alters existing genes.

The safety certificate has been approved for five years from April 21, according to a document published last week by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.