Regulation of GM Plants in the EU - EFSA's Q&A Doc
Regulation of Genetically Modified Plants in the European Union - The
European Food Safety
Authority has issued a Question and Answer
Document, titled "EFSA GMO Risk Assessment
FAQs" which addresses the
EFSA Role in GMO Risk Assessment - Some of the questions
answered are:
How does EFSA carry out GMO risk assessments? Why does EFSA not carry
out its own studies? Can the public access GMO applications? How does
EFSA take account
of long-term effects for human health and the
environment and assess potential impact on
biodiversity? What about the
issue of coexistence with conventional crops and uncertainties,
assumptions and the precautionary principle? Why does EFSA keep getting
asked to look again
at its risk assessments? Why does EFSA consider that
antibiotic resistance genes in some of
the GM plants are not dangerous?
Organization: European Food Safety Authority
Source: July 11, 2008 EFSA Newsletter and access to the FAQ document
Web site: The July 2008 EFSA FAQ document is posted at
Contact: The Head of the EFSA GMO Unit is Per Bergman who may be reached
at
+39 0521 036 354;
<mailto:Per.Bergman@EFSA.Europa.EU>
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