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Project name: Project description:
EC Research Project SMT4-CT96-2072
"Development of Methods to Identify Foods Produced by Means of Genetic Engineering" (DMIF-GEN)
Involves qualitative work on GMO detection. More information under: http://gmochips.org/dmif-gen/
EC Research Project QPCRGMOFood:
"Reliable standardised, specific, quantitative detection of genetically modified food"
http://www.entransfood.com/RTDprojects/Qpcrgmofood/
Involves standardisation of quantitative GMO detection methods.
Tender DG XXIV/98/A3/001 concerning the
"Development of Detection Methods for the Identification of GMOs in Foods and Food Ingredient"

A small project primarily concerned with validation tests.

BATS-Report 2/97: "Foods derived from Genetically Modified Organism and Detection Methods"
http://www.bats.ch/navigation/genfood.php
Overview report over approved GMOs, genetic elements and detection methods.
European Network "safety assessment of genetically modified food crops" (ENTRANSFOOD)
www.rikilt.wageningen-ur.nl/euprojects/ENTRANSFOOD/entransfood2.html
Thematic network to identify the key issues of safety evaluation of GMOs. Communication among participants of FP5 and other in GMO involved organisations.
EC Research Project QLK1-CT-2001-02373
"Development of Quantitative and Qualitative Molecular Biological Methods to Identify Plant and Animal Species in Foods" (MOL-SPEC)
Involves the development of detection methods to identify specific plant and animal species in foods. More information under: http://www.bats.ch/molspec/
5th EU Framework programme
http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/about.htm
7 interrelated research Programmes run by the European Commission over the period 1998-2002.
Thematic Programme 1: Quality of Life & Management of Living Resources
http://www.cordis.lu/life/home.html
 
Thematic Programme 3: Competitive and Sustainable Growth
http://www.cordis.lu/growth/home.html
 
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Government Agencies

Agency name: Link & Description:
Canada: Food program of Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/food-aliment/
Czech Republic: Food Research Institute (FRIP) http://www.vupp.cz/
Germany: Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV) http://www.bgvv.de/
Japan: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF Japan) www.s.affrc.go.jp/docs/sentan/
Slovakia: Food Research Institute (VUP) http://www.vup.sk/
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) http://www.inia.es/
Sweden: National Food Administration (NFA) http://www.slv.se/
Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office of Public Health - Food Safety (SFOPH) http://www.bag.admin.ch/
UK: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) http://www.defra.gov.uk/
UK: Food Standards Agency http://www.food.gov.uk/
USA: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
APHIS is a part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
USA: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/
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Links

Internet Address :  Link description: 
GMO Watch
http://www.gmo-watch.org/
Provides resources for the regulatory management of GMO food, in particular for the detection and tracing of GMO food.

Deliberate field trials in the EU http://food.jrc.it/gmo/gmo.asp

Deliberate field trials notified under part B of Directive 90/220/EEC. Listed from the JRC after plant or country.

USDA/APHIS petitions
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotech/petday.htm
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The Federal Register, product approvals by USDA/APHIS (US regulatory agency), current status of petitions.

Council Directive 90/219/EEC
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21157.htm
Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms..
Council Directive 90/220/EEC
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21158.htm
Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms.
Growth Documents
http://www.cordis.lu/growth/src/library.htm
Various information sources of the Growth programme.
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Services & Portals

Service name: Link & Description:
NCBI GenBank (NCBI) Sequence-database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/
Food Biotechnology Communications Network http://www.foodbiotech.org/
AgBios database (AgBios) Database on GM crops with complete descriptions for approved crops
http://www.agbios.com/
(GMO-Watch)
Provides resources for the regulatory management of GMO food, in particular for the detection and tracing of GMO food.
JRC-Detection-database (Detection) “Database on methods for detection, identification and quantification of GMO’s”. From IHCP, JRC.
http://139.191.1.19/GMOmethods.htm
National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE) NCBE is part of the University of Reading (UK). Description of how biotechnology is used and regulated also concerning foods.
www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/
AgBiotech Infonet http://www.biotech-info.net/
Biotech Knowledge Center Knowledge Center on agricultural biotechnology (sponsored by Monsanto)
www.biotechknowledge.monsanto.com
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