Literature horizon scan for new scientific data on plants, microorganisms and animals, and their products obtained by new genomic techniques (March 2026)
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Michele Ardizzone, Fulvio Barizzone, Martina Bonatti, Alice Branchi, Tilemachos Goumperis, Dafni Maria Kagkli, Paolo Lenzi, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Ana M. Camargo, Irene Pilar Munoz Guajardo, Nikoletta Papadopoulou, Tommaso Raffaello · 2026
Read Literature horizon scan for new scientific data on plants, microorganisms and animals, and their products obtained by new genomic techniques (March 2026) by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Michele Ardizzone, Fulvio Barizzone, Martina Bonatti, Alice Branchi, Tilemachos Goumperis, Dafni Maria Kagkli, Paolo Lenzi, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Ana M. Camargo, Irene Pilar Munoz Guajardo, Nikoletta Papadopoulou, Tommaso Raffaello (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13409037.txt.
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The European Food Safety Authority publishes in 2026 the first of its twice-yearly horizon scans of new research on organisms created with new genomic techniques. The European Commission asked the authority to keep watch over fresh evidence on gene-edited plants, microorganisms, and animals. It must judge whether any of it changes its earlier risk opinions. Those opinions compared these techniques with conventional breeding and established genetic methods.
The report explains the scanning method, describes how studies were screened for quality and relevance, and summarises what the literature search surfaced for this period. For regulators and developers, the value is procedural as much as scientific. A standing, transparent mechanism catches new findings early. It also tests standing opinions against them, rather than letting guidance quietly age.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Michele Ardizzone, Fulvio Barizzone, Martina Bonatti, Alice Branchi, Tilemachos Goumperis, Dafni Maria Kagkli, Paolo Lenzi, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Ana M. Camargo, Irene Pilar Munoz Guajardo, Nikoletta Papadopoulou, Tommaso Raffaello |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |