%0 Journal Article %T Gene-Edited Crops: Towards a Harmonized Safety Assessment %J - %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.11.014 %X Gene editing and other innovative plant breeding techniques are transforming the field of crop biotechnology. Divergent national regulatory regimes worldwide apply to crops bred with these techniques. A plea is made for international harmonization of the premarket assessment of their safety. Such harmonization has previously been achieved for genetically modified (GM) crops %U https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/fulltext/S0167-7799(18)30337-8