Assessing FDA Pathways For Genome-Edited Plant Foods

In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration clarified the regulatory pathway for foods produced from genome-edited plants in the form of a final guidance issued by the agency's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Center for Veterinary Medicine, titled "Foods Derived from Plants Produced Using Genome Editing." In this article, Sidley analyzes the paths forward that are available.