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About this
Web Site
(Last revised:
May 4, 2010
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The Belgian Biosafety Server is one of the Web sites developed and managed by the Division of Biosafety and Biotechnology (SBB) of the Scientific Institute of Public Health (IPH). |
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IPH is a public service of the federal government. It is integrated in the Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment. |
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The Belgian Biosafety Server has been developed according to the design rules of the Belgian Federal Web sites. |
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Webmaster: |
Myriam
SNEYERS, Ir.Ph.D |
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Didier BREYER, Ph.D |
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# Federal
Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Security and Environment # European Commission: DG JRC-IHCP - ENGL - CRL - B-GMO-Unit |
This Web site focuses mainly on scientific aspects related to the biological safety (biosafety) of human activities carried out using pathogenic and/or genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) or microorganisms (GMM). Due to the horizontal character of GMOs and biotechnology, the information provided concerns both R&D and market parameters of the agro-food/feed, pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary, agronomic and environmental sectors but also local and international regulations, guidelines and agencies involved in biological safety including its biodiversity dimension.
This Web site primarily aims at providing science-based information related
to biosafety to people involved in the medical, veterinary, agronomical and
biotechnological sectors.
The chapter "Biosafety in Belgium" provides
for an online help to scientists working in laboratories, greenhouses, animal
husbandries and large-scale units or involved in field testing as well as to
investors active in GMO commercialisation at EU level. Technical and scientific
data are made available with references to their regulatory context.
The Belgian Biosafety Server provides in-depth scientific information not only
for scientists and applicants but also for regulators, educators, policymakers
and, last but not least, the general public.
The chapter "Biosafety in Europe" displays
information related to the regulatory framework in force at the EU level and
in european countries, mainly based on Directives 98/81/EC, 2001/18/EC and
subsidiary directives, regulations, decisions and guidances.
The information provided
on this site can also be reached according to thematic topics,
so that readers can quickly find information they need in that respect.
There
are also useful resources and hyperlinks throughout the site. Moreover, a keyword-based
search function helps to gather pages as a function of specific keywords
of interest.
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