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United
Kingdom:
Biosafety-related Web sites
(Last revised:
February 28, 2006
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Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
ACRE is an independent Advisory Committee composed of leading scientists.
Its main function is to give statutory advice to Ministers in the UK and devolved
administrations on the risks to human health and the environment from the release
and marketing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Britain's Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health
and safety arising from work activity in Britain.
Health and Safety Laboratory
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is Britain's leading
industrial health and safety facility.
Operating as an agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it supports
their mission to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in
the changing workplace are properly controlled.
Genetically
Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Scientific Committee (GMO(CU))
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained
Use) - SACGM (CU) - provides technical and scientific advice to the UK Competent
Authorities (UK CAs) on all aspects of the human and environmental risks of
the contained use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Biotechnology
Regulatory Atlas
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