Technology neutrality and regulation of agricultural biotechnology

Sammanfattning

Agricultural biotechnology, in particular genetically modified organisms (GMOs), is subject to regulation in many areas of the world, not least in the European Union (EU). A number of authors have argued that those regulatory processes are unfair, costly, and slow and that regulation therefore should move in the direction of increased 'technology neutrality. The issue is becoming more pressing, especially since new biotechnologies such as CRISPR increasingly blur the regulatory distinction between GMOs and non-GMOs. This paper offers a definition of technology neutrality, uses the EU GMO regulation as a starting point for exploring technology neutrality, and presents distinctions between variants of the call for technology neutral GMO regulation in the EU.

Nyckelord

GMO; EU; law; ethics

Publicerad i

Titel: Professionals in food chains
Utgivare: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Konferens

14th Congress of the European-Society-for-Agricultural-and-Food-Ethics - Professionals in Food Chains: Ethics, Roles and Responsibilities, JUN 13-16, 2018, Vienna, AUSTRIA

SLU författare

• Sandin, Per

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

Mistra Biotech

UKÄ forskningsämne

Etik
Växtbioteknologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-869-8_34
• ISBN: 978-90-8686-321-1
• eISBN: 978-90-8686-869-8

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97761