Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed was adopted on 22 September 2003. For feed, the Regulation establishes criteria for evaluating the potential risks, harmonised procedures for risk assessment and authorisation as well as provisions for the labelling of feed consisting of and containing GMOs and produced from GMOs.

Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC

Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2004 of 14 January 2004 establishing a system for the development and assignment of unique identifiers for genetically modified organisms.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation. For the forms for the notification of existing products and the submission of corresponding products samples see: GM Food & Feed - Notification of Existing Products.

(For further information about GM Feed see: Biotechnology-Introduction.)