Genetically Modified Foods and Animal Products

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Animal Cloning: A Risk Assessment: DRAFT Executive Summary Draft version of the executive summary for an assessment of the potential health risks to animals and to humans due to the cloning of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats. Also available as PDF. (more) Publication Date: Friday, October 31, 2003	Nov 5, 2003
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Animal Nutrition - Legislation List Listing of legislation in the EU regarding such topics as feed additives, feed materials, undesirable substances, medicated feed, methods of analysis, genetically modified feed, and more. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2004	May 10, 2004
	Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council	Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms Report on bioconfinement methods for genetically engineered organisms. Chapters include "When and Why to Consider Bioconfinement," "Bioconfinement of Plants," "Bioconfinement of Animals: Fish, Shellfish, and Insects," "Bioconfinement of Viruses, Bacteria, and Other Microbes," and "Biological and Operational Considerations for Bioconfinement". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jan 30, 2004
	Codex Alimentarius Commission	Codex Alimentarius Commission Twenty-sixth Session, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 30 June-7 July 2003: Report This report addresses such issues as risk analysis policies, draft standards considered, other matters related to the reports of the Codex committees and task forces, and other issues. Includes the "Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Application in the Framework of the Codex Alimentarius" as an appendix. (more) Publication Month: July 2003	Aug 26, 2003
	Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review Unit, European Food Safety Authority	Conclusion Regarding the Peer Review of the Pesticide Risk Assessment of the Active Substance Glufosinate Conclusion regarding the peer review of the risk assessment for glufosinate-ammonium. Includes discussion of the consumer risk assessment and proposed MRLs for apples, maize, potatoes, and liver and kidneys of ruminants, and more. Appendices include "List of endpoints for the active substance and the representative formulation." Related background documents may also be available. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 21, 2005	Apr 25, 2005
	Advisory Forum, European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Advisory Forum Event Berlin: Abstracts and presentations from this public event on topics related to the risk assessment process. Presentations include "Future perspectives in risk assessment: Key challenges and opportunities"/Jouve, Jean-Louis; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Feron, Victor J.; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Silano, Vittorio; "UK review of risks and benefits of fish consumption"/Benford, Diane; "Position of the French Committee of AFSSA on a risk/benefit analysis of GMOs"/Schwartz, Maxime; "Risk-benefit assessment of micronutrients - folic acid"/Flynn, Albert; and "Risk-benefit evaluation lessons for risk management and communication"/Renn, Ortwin. (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 8, 2004 - Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, November 12, 2004	Aug 6, 2004
	Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand	Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) New Zealand New Zealand government organization that is responsible for the control of hazardous substances and of new plants and animals, including genetically modified organisms, in that country. The website includes a section on risk management that provides a general overview of risk management and of this agency's approach to it. It also includes links to other organizations and resources related to risk management. The website also includes publications, such as codes of practice for following regulations, policy and process guidelines, protocols, and more. (more)	Oct 29, 2002
	FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals, including Fish, Rome, 17-21 November 2003	FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals, Including Fish: Rome, 17-21 November 2003: Report Report of this Expert Consultation on issues related to the safety assessment of genetically modified foods. Sections include "State of the art in GM animal production," "Approaches to the safety assessment of foods derived from GM animals," "Specific food safety issues of foods derived from animal biotechnology," "International regulatory instruments," "Ethical aspects," and more. Annexes include "List of participants" and "List of documents". (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 17, 2003 - Friday, November 21, 2003 Publication Year: 2004	Jan 30, 2004
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Food Labelling This site provides access to EU legislation related to food labeling, including such topics as the labeling of quinine, caffeine, beef, and GMOs. (more)	Mar 23, 2005
	Unnevehr, Laurian J. (Ed.)	Food Safety in Food Security and Food Trade Collection of briefs on such topics as food safety, mycotoxins, and GM crops in developing countries, and food safety, risk, and trade. Includes case studies on "Guatemalan Raspberries and Cyclospora," "Kenyan Fish Exports," "The Shrimp Export Industry in Bangladesh," "Reducing Pesticide Residues on Horticultural Crops," "India Responds to International Food Safety Requirements," "Supermarkets and Quality and Safety Standards for Produce in Latin America," "Beef industry in China," "The Poultry Industry in Colombia," and "Reducing Mycotoxins in Brazilian Crops". (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Aug 19, 2004

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