Innovation in policy and regulation?

Trust thought for today - I think this counts as a small step in the right direction for 'innovation in regulation' as per yesterday's TTFT.

FSA and UKRI join forces with the public to explore food safety

Thanks for sharing FSA's Michelle Patel who said "So great to see this out there - six citizen science pilot projects bringing people, science and food regulation closer together."

It will be interesting also to see how they link to governance design and delivery, particularly this on Gene Editing. Also hope it goes both ways and improved knowledge of citizen issues or concerns raised also reflected on by FSA.

"Using citizen science to explore plant breeding and investigate food-chain transparency for novel breeding methods - Dr Gulbanu Kaptan, University of Leeds

This pilot project aims to improve participants’ knowledge of the use of new technologies and gene editing in the food-chain. Participants will be involved at the design and data collection stages of the research. They will also take part in an interactive training and discussion session where they can improve their knowledge of plant breeding and novel methods. "