b"development of electronic cer- seed and regulations thatof these regulations are also(Precision Breeding) Bill is tification standard and crea- enabled breeders to obtainposted on the Thai Food anddescribed in Parliament as a tion of the International Plantroyalties from farmers whoDrug Administration website. Bill to make provision about Protection Convention (IPPC)saved and replanted seed ofThe MOPH Ministerialthe release and marketing of, e-Phyto Hub serves as a plat- protected varieties. Notifications No. 431 and No.and risk assessments relating form for exchange of e-phytoFarmers using non-propri- 432 categorize GMO foodsto, precision bred plants and among trading partners whereetary varieties will not incurinto three groups: animals, and the marketing over 70 countries have suc- royalty payments. Group 1: Plants, animals,of food and feed produced cessfully implemented paper- Additional funding forand microorganisms that arefrom such plants and animals; less certification and this hebreeding programs from roy- edited, trimmed, modified,and for connected pur-added is indeed an achieve- alties would help incentivizeor altered genetic materialposes. It is sponsored by the ment worth celebrating. the development of new andor incorporated new geneticDepartment of Environment, Source: Kenya News improved pasture and arablematerial from modern bio- Food and Rural Affairs and genetics for farmers and croptechnology and consumed aswas first read in the House of end users, he said. food. Commons in May 2022.STATUS NEW ZEALAND Chin said breeding newGroup 2: Food productsThe final reading at the Plant breeders have wel- varieties with improved traitsthat use Group 1 as food ingre- House of Lords was the comed the passing of legisla- such as increased yields, moredients or manufactured fromlast chance for the Lords to tion that gives them strongernutritional quality, or betterGroup 1 change the Bill. It was there protection for intellectual prop- resistance to disease andGroup 3: Produced fromthat Rt Hon. the Lord Benyon erty rights to new varieties. pests required substantialGroup 1 that is used as a foodof the Conservative Party The Plant Variety Rightsinvestment and it could takeingredient, food additive, orsignified the King's consent Bill was passed by Parliamentup to 10 years to develop anutrient. for the Bill. My Lords, I have it in December 2022 andnew variety for commercialNotification No. 432in command from His Majesty replaces legislation firstrelease. requires packaged food prod- the King to acquaint the designed in 1987. Plant breeders were con- ucts that contain GM ingredi- House that His Majesty, having Plant Breeding andtinuing talks with farmer rep- ents equal to or greater thanbeen informed of the purport Research Association Generalresentatives and government5 percent of the total weightof the Genetic Technology Manager Thomas Chin saidofficials to design a royaltywith detectable GMOs and(Precision Breeding) Bill, has that, after many years of lob- administration and collectionrecombinant protein result- consented to place his inter-bying, domestic plant lawssystem, he said. ing from biotechnology to beest, so far as it is affected had been finally brought intoSource: Otago Daily News/ labeled, stating the productby the Bill, at the disposal of line with the InternationalRural Life contains GMOs. PackagedParliament for the purposes Union for the Protection offoods with intentional GMof the Bill, he said during the New Varieties of Plants (UPOVplants or animals of less than 5opening. After the formal 91) convention. STATUS THAILAND percent must also be labeled. reading and the debate by Plant breeders are lookingThailand has updated itsSource: Gain Report the members of the House to take up the benefits underregulations on geneticallyof Lords, no further amend-UPOV 91 as soon as possi- modified organisms (GMOs).ments were proposed. The Bill ble, as it gives rights holdersAccording to the USDASTATUS UK was passed and sent to the strengthened protections toForeign Agricultural ServiceOn February 1, 2023, theCommons.safeguard their intellectualGAIN Report, the MinistryUnited Kingdom's GeneticAt the Commons, the property, he said. of Public Health (MOPH)Technology (Precisionamendments made during For New Zealand growers,Notification No. 431 B.E.Breeding) Bill passed the thirdprevious readings will be access is opened to a greater2565 (2022) (Foods Derivedand final reading at the Houseconsidered before the Bill goes range of new varieties whichfrom Genetically Modifiedof Lords with no furtherto Royal Assent. No date has may assist their competitiveOrganisms) and Ministerialamendments. The Bill will bebeen set yet for the considera-position in world agriculturalNotification No. 432 (Labelingmoved to the Commons fortion of Lords amendments. SWmarkets. of GM Foods) went into forceconsideration of the Lord's A significant area of reformon December 4, 2022. Theprevious amendments.clarified the use of farm-savedupdates and implementationThe Genetic Technology LATAMSEEDWORLD.COM /35"