Precision bred organisms: application guidance
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Precision bred organisms: application guidance
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Precision bred organisms: application guidance Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- What are precision bred organisms?
- Legislative requirements
- Obligations on food and feed businesses ("General Food Law" and other statutory requirements)
- The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act and The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025
- Application for a food and feed marketing authorisation
- Batching of PBOs
- Application details
- Before you apply
- Application process
- Application requirements
- How long will my application take?
- Regulation 20 (Tier 1) applications
- Verification
- Regulation 22 (Tier 2) applications
- Verification
- Tier 2 Safety Assessment
Source and licence
Food Standards Agency
AttributionFood Standards Agency, ‘Precision bred organisms: application guidance’ (updated 4 September 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026