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Biotechnology Databases

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the US Data set covering the extent of adoption of genetically engineered (GE) herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops, including corn and soybeans from 2000-2006. (more) Deadline: Friday, July 14, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, July 14, 2006	Jul 14, 2006
	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Biosafety Bibliographic Database: a Collection of Biosafety Studies Featuring Records from CAB ABSTRACTS [TM] from CABI Publishing Bibliographic database extracted from CAB ABSTRACTS [TM] of scientific studies related to "Biosafety and Risk Assessment in biotechnology." Topics covered include risks for animal and human health, genetically modified micro-organisms, risk for agriculture, aquaculture, general concerns, risks of horizontal gene transfer, and risks for the environment. (more) Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006	Jan 9, 2006
	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Risk Assessment Searching Mechanism: An Index of the Official and Technical Documents on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms Authored by Biosafety Competent National Authorities Pilot version of this searchable index of documents related to the risk assessment of living modified organisms. Search fields include taxonomical classification, LMO or company identifier, trait, inserted gene, year of assessment, country, responsible authority, title, and type of risk assessment (including food use). (more) Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006	Jan 9, 2006
	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity	Biosafety Clearing-House Portal to information related to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Includes national contacts, laws and regulations, organisms, decisions, declarations, capacity-building projects, a roster of experts, databases, a discussion forum, and more. (more)	Jul 16, 2005
	Central Science Laboratory	The Allergen Database Searchable database of allergens and epitopes. Includes an option to view all food allergens. The database is free, but registration is required. (more)	May 13, 2005
	Ivanciuc, Ovidiu, et al.	SDAP: Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins - Food Allergens "SDAP is a Web server that integrates a database of allergenic proteins with various bioinformatics tools for performing structural studies related to allergens and characterization of their epitopes". (more)	May 10, 2005
	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Database for Products Derived Using Modern Biotechnology Prototype database of information on products of modern biotechnology that have been approved or are in the process of being approved for commercialization. The database can be searched or browsed by identifier, organism, company, or country. Information that may be available includes food and feed safety issues, traits, genes, decisions and risk assessments in various countries, and more. (more)	Apr 4, 2005
	Center for Biological Informatics, U.S. Geological Survey/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Environmental Protection Agency/Food and Drug Administration	U.S. Database of Completed Regulatory Agency Reviews Database of information on genetically engineered crops intended for food or feed that have been reviewed by U.S. regulatory agencies. The database is searchable by common name, scientific name, trait category, applicant, event, or keywords. (more)	Dec 9, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health Portal to access official information from countries and international organizations related to food safety, animal, and plant health. Includes access to legislation, standards, contact points, communications, evaluations, reports, and other information types. The database may be searched, browsed, or a combination of the two based on commodity, issue (including risk analysis), geography, information source, or information type. (more)	Jun 3, 2004
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S. Data on the extent of adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops from 1995-2003. Tables are provided for genetically engineered corn, cotton, and soybeans from 2000-2003. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2003	Oct 1, 2003
	Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology	Legislation Tracker 2004 Tables of state and federal legislative activity related to agricultural biotechnology. Includes state, number, topic, description, and status of the legislative measure. The table is dynamic, and parameters may be adjusted based on available criteria. (more) Publication Month: May 2005	Aug 20, 2003
	AGBIOS	GM Database Database of information about approved GM products. Includes event name, company, and description of approvals for each crop. For each event, information is given such as host organism and variety, trait, introduction method, proposed use, company information, dates and types of approval for each approving country, and an abstract about the event. The database may be searched by event name, crop plant, trait, inserted gene, type of approval (including food safety), country, and/or original developer. (more)	Jan 13, 2003
	Knovel	Knovel Online library that provides access to engineering and applied science handbooks, databases, and conference proceedings. You can search the database for relevant chapters in these materials and view the results online. There is also a feature to access, sort, search, and pull data from dynamic tables from the reference books, and a feature that allows you to interact with graphs, including exporting data points or curves. Among the subject areas covered are "Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology," "Food Science," and "Safety, Health & Hygiene". (more)	Nov 25, 2002
	Leatherhead Food International	FoodlineWeb This site provides news and events related to the food and drink industries. It also hosts several databases containing bibliographic information, abstracts, market research, legislation, news, and reports. The news features are free, but use of the databases requires a subscription. Database coverage includes food additives legislation, food processing, microbiology, nutrition, shelf-life, biotechnology, hygiene, quality assurance, crisis management, novel products, market and sales data, and more. (more)	Oct 21, 2002
	Microbiology Network	Culture Collections List of databases on various bacteria and viruses, also biotechnology.	Aug 31, 2001

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