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Links
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Links & Publications
of the GMOchips-project
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Links & Publicationsof the GMOchips-project
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| Project name: | Project description: |
| EC Research Project
SMT4-CT96-2072 "Development of Methods to Identify Foods Produced by Means of Genetic Engineering" (DMIF-GEN) |
Involves qualitative work on GMO detection. More information under: http://gmochips.org/dmif-gen/ |
| EC Research Project
QPCRGMOFood: "Reliable standardised, specific, quantitative detection of genetically modified food" http://www.entransfood.com/RTDprojects/Qpcrgmofood/ |
Involves standardisation of quantitative GMO detection methods. |
| Tender DG XXIV/98/A3/001
concerning the "Development of Detection Methods for the Identification of GMOs in Foods and Food Ingredient" |
A small project primarily concerned with validation tests. |
| BATS-Report 2/97:
"Foods derived from Genetically Modified Organism and Detection
Methods" http://www.bats.ch/navigation/genfood.php |
Overview report over approved GMOs, genetic elements and detection methods. |
| European Network
"safety assessment of genetically modified food crops"
(ENTRANSFOOD)
www.rikilt.wageningen-ur.nl/euprojects/ENTRANSFOOD/entransfood2.html |
Thematic network to identify the key issues of safety evaluation of GMOs. Communication among participants of FP5 and other in GMO involved organisations. |
| EC Research Project QLK1-CT-2001-02373 "Development of Quantitative and Qualitative Molecular Biological Methods to Identify Plant and Animal Species in Foods" (MOL-SPEC) |
Involves the development of detection methods to identify specific plant and animal species in foods. More information under: http://www.bats.ch/molspec/ |
| 5th EU Framework
programme http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/about.htm |
7 interrelated research Programmes run by the European Commission over the period 1998-2002. |
| Thematic Programme
1: Quality of Life & Management of Living Resources http://www.cordis.lu/life/home.html |
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| Thematic Programme
3: Competitive and Sustainable Growth http://www.cordis.lu/growth/home.html |
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| To be continued... |
| Agency name: | Link & Description: |
| Canada: Food program of Health Canada | http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/food-aliment/ |
| Czech Republic: Food Research Institute (FRIP) | http://www.vupp.cz/ |
| Germany: Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV) | http://www.bgvv.de/ |
| Japan: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF Japan) | www.s.affrc.go.jp/docs/sentan/ |
| Slovakia: Food Research Institute (VUP) | http://www.vup.sk/ |
| Spain: Instituto
Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria |
http://www.inia.es/ |
| Sweden:
National Food Administration |
http://www.slv.se/ |
| Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office of Public Health - Food Safety (SFOPH) | http://www.bag.admin.ch/ |
| UK: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | http://www.defra.gov.uk/ |
| UK: Food Standards Agency | http://www.food.gov.uk/ |
| USA: Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) |
APHIS is a part
of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ |
| USA: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | http://www.fda.gov/ |
| To be continued... |
| Internet Address : | Link description: |
| GMO Watch http://www.gmo-watch.org/ |
Provides resources for the regulatory management of GMO food, in particular for the detection and tracing of GMO food. |
| Deliberate
field trials in the EU http://food.jrc.it/gmo/gmo.asp
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Deliberate field trials notified under part B of Directive 90/220/EEC. Listed from the JRC after plant or country. |
| USDA/APHIS
petitions |
The Federal Register, product approvals by USDA/APHIS (US regulatory agency), current status of petitions. |
| Council Directive
90/219/EEC http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21157.htm |
Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms.. |
| Council Directive
90/220/EEC http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21158.htm |
Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. |
| Growth Documents http://www.cordis.lu/growth/src/library.htm |
Various information sources of the Growth programme. |
| To be continued... |
| Service name: | Link & Description: |
| NCBI GenBank (NCBI) | Sequence-database
of the National Center for Biotechnology Information www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/ |
| Food Biotechnology Communications Network | http://www.foodbiotech.org/ |
| AgBios database (AgBios) | Database on GM
crops with complete descriptions for approved crops http://www.agbios.com/ |
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(GMO-Watch) |
Provides resources for the regulatory management of GMO food, in particular for the detection and tracing of GMO food. |
| JRC-Detection-database (Detection) | “Database
on methods for detection, identification and quantification of GMO’s”.
From IHCP, JRC. http://139.191.1.19/GMOmethods.htm |
| National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE) | NCBE is part of
the University of Reading (UK). Description of how biotechnology is used
and regulated also concerning foods. www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/ |
| AgBiotech Infonet | http://www.biotech-info.net/ |
| Biotech Knowledge Center | Knowledge Center
on agricultural biotechnology (sponsored by Monsanto) www.biotechknowledge.monsanto.com |
| To be continued... |
... to be listed.
