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Latest civil service & public affairs moves — January 11 New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People Ministry of Justice: David Wolfson appointed as parliamentary under-secretary of state. Department for Education: Julia Kinniburgh replaced Lucy Smith as director general, Covid-19 response and schools recovery.  Ofqual – Simon Lebus appointed as interim chief regulator, replacing Glenys Stacey. Office for Students – Lord Wharton of Yarm announced as preferred candidate to replace Michael Barber as chair on 31st March. Depa...

GENE EDITING involves accentuating or suppressing genes withn an organism's own natural genetic sequence PERMISSION for gene editing in agriculture is back on the political agenda, following the launch of a Defra consultation on a potential change in UK law to allow the technology into the food chain. Under current European law, Gene Editing is lumped together with Genetic Modification, and as such is excluded from use in producing novel crop plants and livestock. Defra is touting the GE consultation as an early consequence of its post-Brexit independence from EU law, potentially giving...

A new barbecue sauce company established in North Dundas.

Because of the Internal Market Bill, Scotland will have to allow the sale of genetically edited food if England decides to change its laws SCOTLAND may soon be “forced to accept the marketing, sale and free circulation” of genetically modified food as England looks to change its own laws in the area post-Brexit, the Scottish Government has warned. The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today launched a public consultation on the use of gene editing on both livestock and arable crops. Gene editing (GE) is slightly different from genetic modification...

by Gemma Mackenzie © Shutterstock / Elliot Photograph Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A trio of projects to help farmers boost the efficiency of their businesses, while cutting emissions, has been awarded funding from the Scottish Government. The funding, worth almost £63,000 through the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund, was announced by Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, Ben Macphe...