China Gives Green Light to First Gene-Edited Crop.
China has approved the safety of a gene-edited soybean, developed by Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology, which has two modified genes that significantly raise the level of healthy fat oleic acid in the plant. Gene editing is considered less risky than GMOs and is more lightly regulated in some countries, including China. The approval comes as China looks to science to boost food production amid trade tensions, erratic weather, and war in major grain exporter Ukraine.
