EU moves towards latest gene techniques in food production

The European Union’s executive commission has thrown its weight behind new food techniques in a bid to help tackle climate change and shortages (Virginia Mayo/AP)

The European Union’s executive commission has thrown its weight behind new food techniques in a bid to help tackle shortages and climate change.

The so-called new genomic techniques seek to change organisms in a much less intrusive way than the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) of old and allow many to be sold without special labelling.