View in browser   

ENGA Newsletter No. 28: July 2025

Dear Readers,

The timing was perfect: On 27 June Spanish lab and ENGA member Imegen Agro sent a letter to EU trilogue negotiators urging lawmakers to ensure the future New GMOs legislation requires that laboratories get detection methods, reference material and data on genetic modifications. What nobody could have known at the time: On the same date, the Parliament's chief negotiator had cancelled the trilogue on 30 June. The reason? No progress has been made on a joint legislative text by the Commission, Council and Parliament. Our article explains where the problems lie and what happens next.


Our Non-GMO Market Report, as always in close cooperation with Donau Soja and The ProTerrra Foundation, paints a mixed picture of the Non-GMO market for soy, maize and rapeseed: The EU’s Non-GM soy supply is expected to decline in 2025/26 due to reduced domestic (EU) output and lower Brazilian availability, although higher imports from Ukraine and India should offset this shortfall. Non-GM maize supply remains secure until the new harvest October 2025. And rapeseed markets, currently with less supply, are set to ease with a substantial harvest by August.


Please support us by distributing this newsletter within your network. To regularly receive our newsletter and get all the latest updates on Non-GMO in Europe, subscribe. Also keep in touch with ENGA by following us on LinkedIn.


Please feel free to inform your partners and networks about the work and goals of ENGA, and to increase our strength on the European market and towards the European regulatory bodies by having as many business platforms and companies as possible join our cause.

Wishing you a restful break over the summer, until we return with our next newsletter in September. 


Kind regards, 
Heike Moldenhauer
Secretary General
 

Non-GMO Market Report Puts Spotlight on Key Trends

What’s shaping the Non-GMO crop landscape in Europe? ENGA’s latest Non-GMO market report, produced in cooperation with Donau Soja and ProTerra Foundation, highlights declining soy production - but imports from Ukraine and India may offset the shortfall - secure maize supplies, and a positive rapeseed harvest forecast. Get the full picture on yields, prices and supply for Q2 2025.

New GMOs Trilogue Talks Postponed – Key Disagreements Remain

The latest round of trilogue negotiations on New GMOs was abruptly cancelled, with progress stalled ahead of the summer break. As the Danish EU Presidency takes over, tough discussions lie ahead on traceability, labelling, sustainability traits, patent rules and more. ENGA continues to advocate for strong safeguards to protect consumer choice and Non-GMO production.

European Laboratories Urge Action on New GMOs

Twelve European-based laboratories have come together to raise the alarm about the risks of deregulating New GMOs without the necessary data to detect them. In a joint open letter, they warn that proposed changes would hinder detection and traceability - undermining transparency for consumers and the requirements of labs' clients. The labs urge lawmakers to ensure the future NGT legislation requires that laboratories get detection methods, reference material and data on the genetic modification and its location for category 1 NGT plants.

European Non-GMO Industry Association

ENGA (AISBL)
Rue du Trône 194
1050 Ixelles
Belgium

Telephone: +32 493 3354 91
Email: info(at)enga(dot)org
Website: www.enga.org