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Deliberate release and marketing of Transgenic Plants and GM Foods/Feeds - Useful links
(Last revised: May 23, 2006 )

Joint Research Center. European Commission. GMO releases notified under Directive 2001/18/EC (repealing Directive 90/220/EEC).

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) - GMO Panel

The European Commission Biotechnology Web site

The European Commission Food Safety Web site

Scientific Committee on Plants (European Commission - DG "Health & Consumer Protection)

GMO-Compass - A guide to the world of genetically modified food: GMO-Compass is an independent online information source designed to give consumers facts on the potential risks and benefits associated with growing genetically modified crops. Funded by the European Commission, the site aims to promote informed debate on GMOs. At GMO-Compass, users can access the GMO database, which contains every GMO approval application submitted in the European Union. All available documentation on each GMO awaiting or granted approval is made available, including descriptions of ongoing or completed safety research. Users can also find information about where GMOs are planted, what benefits they can offer, what risks could be involved, how they are regulated, and what is being doing to enable their coexistence with conventional crops.

OECD: BioTrack Field Trial Database

OECD: BioTrack Product Database

USA

• APHIS/USDA: Biotechnology Permits
  • Biotechnology Permits Database
  • Crops lines no longer regulated by USDA
  • ISB Environmental Release Database (alternative format for Historical Database)
• FDA Documents Pertaining to AgBiotech
  • Guidance for Industry: Use of Antibiotic Resistance Marker Genes in Transgenic Plants (September 1998).
  • Appendix 2. Review of FDA/Industry Consultations Regarding New Plant Varieties and Selectable Markers Used to Develop Them

Canada

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Plant Biosafety Office

Japan

• Current Status of Commercialisation of Transgenic Crop Plants in Japan

United Kingdow

• Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment -- UK
• Index of public register entries for applications to market GMOs under Directive 90/220/EEC

Germany

• Release projects applied for and authorized in the Federal Republic of Germany

France

• Information site on GMOs (in French)

International Field Test Sources

BINAS DTree: Decision Support System for Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Crop Plants

ISAAA: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

AGBios GM Database: Information on GM approved products

Essential Biosafety: Scientific and regulatory information for GM crops (includes a Crop Database)

Ag BioTech InfoNet: Genetic Engineering Applications - Impacts and Implications

Transgenic Crops - An introduction and resource guide: information and links to other resources on the technology and issues surrounding transgenic crops

Library of Crop Technology Lesson Modules

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