The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a report on the food safety considerations for regulating foods foods derived from gene editing (also known as “genome editing”) to help national authorities develop and implement policies and regulatory criteria for food products derived from gene editing.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to allow the use of alpha-glucosidase—a permitted enzyme processing aid derived from a genetically modified (GM) source—for the brewing of beer.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is asking interested stakeholders to take a survey about the use of new genomic techniques for the production of genetically modified microorganisms intended for food and feed.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has extended deregulation to a potato variety that was developed using genetic engineering.