A large survey of Japanese consumers shows that they have more negative opinions about the use of new gene-editing techniques on livestock than they do about the same techniques being used on plants. However, the context of survey questions affects the extent of those feelings. The survey findings were reported in the CABI open-access journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience writes David Hemming, Commissioning Editor for CAB Reviews and the Editor of AgBiotechNet, CABIs agricultural biotechnology internet resource.