Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion
Mr. John Spink:
In Europe, we can import products from crops that we are not allowed to grow in Europe. As stated by Ms Fleming, the assessment is that it is safe to eat or to be fed to animals but there may be more of a risk from growing in a field. The conclusion they have come to is that there could be an environmental risk. Other countries have taken a different view so they will grow it.