EUROPA - Food Safety - Biotechnology - GMO Evaluation

World GM plantings concern European grain, oilseed crushers and feed trade, COCERAL(European Grain Traders Organization), FEFAC (European Federation of Animal Feeding Stuffs Manufacturers) and FEDOIL (European Oilseed Cruchers Association)

Review of GMOs under Research and Development and in the pipeline in Europe, JRC-IPTS

The global pipeline of new GM crops, JRC-IPTS Excel

On science and precaution in the management of technological risk, JRC-IPTS

Science in Trade Disputes Related to Potential Risks: Comparative Case Studies, JRC-IPTS

Scientific and technical contribution to the development of an overall health strategy in the area of GMOs, JRC-IHCP

Scientific and technical contribution to the development of an overall health strategy in the area of GMOs, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY JRC-IHCP

Guidance document of the scientific panel on genetically modified organisms for the risk assessment of genetically modified microorganisms and their derived products intended for food and feed use, EFSA (European Food Safety Agency)

Guidance Document of the Scientific Panel on GMOs for the risk assessment of GM plants containing stacked transformation events, EFSA

Guidance document of the Scientific Panel on GMOs for renewal of authorisations of existing GMO products lawfully placed on the market, notified according to Articles 8 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/20031, EFSA

Guidance document of the scientific panel on GMOs for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants and derived food and feed, EFSA

List of the genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation within the meaning of Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, European Commission

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the coexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic farming, COM(2009) 153 final, European Commission

Commission staff working document accompanying report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the coexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic farming: implementation of national measures on the coexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic farming, Commission

Consequences, opportunities and challenges of modern biotechnology for Europe, JRC-IPTS

GM crops in EU agriculture: case study for the BIO4EU project, JRC-IPTS

Consequences, opportunities and challenges of modern biotechnology for Europe (bio4eu) - task 2 case studies report: the impact of primary production application. Annex to report 3

Guidelines for GM stacked events to be placed on the market

Economic impacts of low level presence of not yet approved GMOs on the EU food sector, PG Economics

GM crops: global socio-economic and environmental impacts 1996-2006, PG Economics

Impacts of ‘Unapproved in Europe’ GMs on Feed and Livestock Production. For submission to the European Sherpa Group 10th October 2008, Cardy Brown and Co Ltd.

Food: an analysis of the issues, The Strategy Unit of the UK Cabinet Office

Food Matters: Towards a Strategy for the 21st Century, Strategy Unit of the UK Cabinet Office

Consumer views of GM food, UK Food Standard Agency

UK questionnaire response to Commission on the implementation of Regulation EC 1829/2003

Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003

Regulation (EC) No 65/2004 establishing a system for the development and assignment of unique identifiers for GMOs

Evaluation of the Community acquis on the marketing of seed and plant propagating material (S&PM) - Food Chain Consortium

WTO US-CAN-ARG vs EU dispute, CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) Report for Congress

GM Food Wars: Science, Risk, and Democracy in World Trade Law, Yale Journal of International Law

Consumers and the future of biotech foods in the US, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)

Assembly of the European Regions on the EC's consultation on food labelling

International trade in GMOs and GM products: national and multilateral legal framework, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference and Trade Development)

Regulation on GM 'emergecy measures' (rice) (2006/578/EC)

Biosafety of foods derived by modern biotechnology, Basel Forum on Biosafety

GM "developments" in the EU, ESA (European Seed Association) 2009

Asynchronisation issues regarding GMO authorisations in the EU and their impact on traders and importers of feed and food material, COCERAL (European Grain Traders Organization)

The EFSA stakeholder challenge - working with civil society

Crop scientists say biotechnology seed companies are thwarting research, The New York Times

Concerns: EU's zero tolerance for unapproved GMOs under threat at upcoming Standing Committee, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, European Coordination Via Campesina

EU animal feed imports and GMO policy, European Farmers Coordination, Friends of the Earth-Europe, Greenpeace

Time for the EU to reject Monsanto's genetically engineered 'Roundup Ready' soya, Greenpeace

Regulatory systems for GE crops a failure: the case of MON863, Greenpeace

EFSA's risk assessment on GMOs - case studies and lessons learnt, Greenpeace

Greenpeace critique of Monsanto's Roundup Ready oilseed rape GT73, Greenpeace

EFSA: failing consumers and the environment, Greenpeace

Greenpeace technical critique of EFSA's opinion on maize NK603 for import and processing under 2001/18 and 258/97, Greenpeace

GMO - public survey, Greenpeace

Consumers Report, Consumer Stockholm – Greenpeace

The economic consequences of cultivating GMOs on sites without GMO, Greenpeace France

Consumers Report, Consumer Stockholm – Greenpeace

The EU GMO environmental risk assessment needs reforming, Greenpeace

Ad hoc working group and Environment Council, Greenpeace

78% of Germans do not want GM food, Slow Food

Opinion of the French on non-GM organisms in the food products of animal origin, Efficience market research

Sondage OGM (Organismes Génétiquement Modifiés), Greenpeace Luxembourg

Dossier admission market cost of genetically modified crops in the United States and the European Union, COGEM (Commissie Genetische Modificatie)

Attitudes of European citizens towards the environment, European Commission

10 years of inaction, 10 years of negative consequences! European Seed Association

EU livestock sector hit hard by GMO policy: industry, Reuters

Presenting scientific advice on GMOs: reporting uncertainty and assumptions, GeneWatch UK

Proposed EU regulation on traceability and labelling of GM food and animal feed, GeneWatch

Communication from the Commission for an orientation debate on GMO (Barroso, Fischer Boel, Dimas, Kyprianou, Mandelson, Verheugen and Potocnik)

Introduction of a label 'fed without GMO' in meat and dairy products in France

Labelling: competitiveness, consumer information and better regulation for the EU, DG SANCO

Labelling of Foods and Food Ingredients Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification / Genetic Engineering, European Commission

Report of the 29th session of the Codex committee on food labelling, Codex Alimentarius Commission

Background paper on the labelling of foods obtained through techniques of genetic modification/genetic engineering, Codex Alimentarius

The politics of risk regulation in Europe, David Vogel

State of play on GMO authorisations under EU law

Liability and compensation schemes for damage resulting from the presence of GMO in non-GM crops, European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law

Risk assessment in the food chain: GMO's in food producing animals, Free University Berlin

The global GM market - Implications for the European Food Chain, G. Brookes, N. Craddock and Prof. B. Kniel

Lifescience and biotechnology - a strategy for Europe, EC

The EU's biotechnology strategy: mid-term review or mid-life crisis? Friends of the Earth Europe

Who benefits from GM crops, Friends of the Earth Europe, 2008

Who benefits from GM crops, Friends of the Earth Europe, 2009

The global pipeline of new GM crops, JRC - implications of aynchronous approval for international trade

EU policy on GM soy - tolerance threshold and asynchronic approval

High Level Group on the Competitiveness of the Agro-Food Industry 2008-2009

GM feed ingredients, Peadar Lawlor

Co-Extra Conference Programme and Abstracts

GMOs or No GMOs: the choice should be ours! European Consumers Organization (BEUC)

Force-feeding never works, BEUC (European Consumers Organization)

Traceability and trade of genetically modified food, Peter W. B. Phillips

Economic benefits and costs of biotechnology innovations in agriculture, GianCarlo Moschini, Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Transformimg agriculture: the benefits and costs of genetically modified crops, Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee

Do Consumers Really Refuse to Buy Genetically Modified Food?

Measuring Preferences for Genetically Modified Food Products

Evaluation of European GMO regulatory - Free choice for consumers, LIS Consult

EU feed prices may rise due to EU zero-tolerance on not yet authorised GM plants, FEFAC(European Federation of Animal Feeding Stuffs Manufacturers) (President Pedro C. de Barros)

ORAL QUESTION by Neil Parish MEP, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, COCERAL (European Grain Traders Organization), FEFAC (European Federation of Animal Feeding Stuffs Manufacturers) and FEDOIL (European Oilseed Cruchers Association)

Asynchronous authorisations of GMOs - Short-term rupture of feed supplies to the EU livestock sector must be prevented, FEFAC (European Federation of Animal Feeding Stuffs Manufacturers)

Parallel Evaluation on GM Cultivation launched by DG Environment:

Economic impact of unapproved GMOs on the EU feed imports and livestock production - DG Agriculture and Rural Development study

Economic impact of dominant GMO crops worldwide - Joint Research Centre study

Lei study EU policy on GMOs: A quick scan of the economicconsequences http://library.wur.nl/way/bestanden/clc/1888779.pdf

Eurobarometer Europeans and Biotechnology in 2005: patterns and trends - The 2007 Commission communication on Life science and biotechnology

Joint Research Centre BIO4EUROPE study ( http://bio4eu.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents.html)

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 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