24 May 2022 --- Gene-edited crops, such as tomatoes rich in vitamin D3, may soon be on English supermarket shelves following a bill that will be introduced tomorrow. Departure from the EU has allowed England to explore gene-editing technology, which is currently banned in Europe. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) bill is designed to enable food producers to use genetic technologies to speed up traditional crop breeding that would otherwise take years or decades.
