The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a scientific opinion on the request of the Parliament in relation to the analysis by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety on equivalence criteria of New Genomic Techniques Category 1 (CAT 1) plants. This anlysis on Annex I of the New Genomic Techniques (NGT) proposal of the European Commission and was published in July 2024. The EFSA GMO Panel considers that the available scientific literature shows that plants containing the types and numbers of genetic modifications used as criteria to identify Category 1 NGT plants in Annex I do exist as the result of spontaneous mutations or random mutagenesis. Therefore, it is scientifically justified to consider these plants as equivalent to conventionally bred plants. These results will be presented to the Committee, followed by rounds of questions raised by the Members.
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