Genetically Modified Foods Risk Communication

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Ecologic, Inc.	Ag BioTech InfoNet This site provides resources for educators and consumers on biotechnology issues.	Aug 31, 2001
		Agricultural Biotechnology Journal issue with articles and features related to agricultural biotechnology and trade, food aid, communication, and other issues. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Publication Month: September 2003	Sep 13, 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
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Biotechnology and U.S. Agricultural Trade This website provides information and resources related to biotechnology and U.S. trade in agriculture. Includes links to news releases, fact sheets, events, publications, and more. (more)	Sep 14, 2004
	Isaac Funk Family Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/ Agriculture Network Information Center	Corn Information This website links to resources related to corn, including resources on biotechnology, economics, statistics, and news, corn-related organizations, and more. (more)	Dec 21, 2004
	Advisory Forum, European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Advisory Forum Event Berlin: Abstracts and presentations from this public event on topics related to the risk assessment process. Presentations include "Future perspectives in risk assessment: Key challenges and opportunities"/Jouve, Jean-Louis; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Feron, Victor J.; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Silano, Vittorio; "UK review of risks and benefits of fish consumption"/Benford, Diane; "Position of the French Committee of AFSSA on a risk/benefit analysis of GMOs"/Schwartz, Maxime; "Risk-benefit assessment of micronutrients - folic acid"/Flynn, Albert; and "Risk-benefit evaluation lessons for risk management and communication"/Renn, Ortwin. (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 8, 2004 - Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, November 12, 2004	Aug 6, 2004
	Strategy Unit, United Kingdom Cabinet Office	Field Work: Weighing up the Costs and Benefits of GM crops Report on the costs and benefits of GM crops in the UK. Chapters include "The backdrop for GM crops: science, regulations, public attitudes and wider policy," "Analysis of costs and benefits," "Scenario analysis and conclusions," "Next steps," and others. Annexes include "Organizations consulted and submissions received," "The GM Dialogue: links with the Public Debate and the Science Review," and others. (more) Publication Year: 2003	Jul 17, 2003
	Center for Media and Public Affairs	Food for Thought IV: Reporting of Diet, Nutrition and Food Safety: 2001 vs. 1999 vs. 1997 vs. 1995 This report analyzes trends in media coverage of diet, nutrition, and food safety issues. Appendices include "Functional Foods," "Food Biotechnology," "Food Safety and Foodborne Illness," "Weight Mangement & Obesity," "Food Allergens," "Dietary Fats," and "Methodology". (more) Publication Month: January 2002	Jun 19, 2003
	International Food Information Council Foundation	Food Safety & Nutrition Information Access to background and educational information, articles, and other resources related to agriculture and food production, food allergies and asthma, food biotechnology, food safety and new technology, and international food safety resources. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	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
	Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization	Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology Provides sources of information on environmental health aspects, information and training aspects, Codex Alimentarius, and other resources pertaining to foods derived from modern biotechnologies. (more) Event Date: Monday, June 10, 2002	May 8, 2002
	USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture	Global Traceability and Labeling Requirements for Agricultural Biotechnology-Derived Products: Impacts and Implications for the United States Report on the impacts of other countries? biotechnology labeling and traceability requirements for plant-based products on the U.S. food and feed supply chain. (more) Publication Date: Monday, May 9, 2005	May 11, 2005
	Hardy, Tony	GMOs - a Risk Communication From a Regulatory Perspective Presentation on risk communication and GM foods in Europe. It was presented at the 2003 CSL/JIFSAN Joint Symposium - Food Safety and Nutrition: Risk Analysis. (more) Publication Date: Friday, June 13, 2003	Jun 19, 2003
	Golden Rice Humanitarian Board	Golden Rice Project Project on the development of Golden Rice which has been genetically engineered to produce and accumulate beta-carotene in the grain. Includes background information for the risk/safety assessment. (more)	May 2, 2005
	IdentiGEN	IdentiGEN Genetic Testing Services: DNA Based Solutions for the Agri-food Industries Company that uses DNA-based solutions, such as genetic identification, in applications for the food and agriculture industries. Applications include tracing the source of meat, testing for GMOs, and food diagnostics. The website includes information on their products and services and more. (more)	Aug 27, 2003
	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Biosafety Web Pages Databases, publications, events, and links to resources related to biotechnology risk assessment and management and biosafety. (more) Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006	Jan 9, 2006
	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
	International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	IPFSAPH - Genetically Modified Organisms Resources on genetically modified organisms from the International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health. Includes legislation/regulations, scientific evaluations, official summaries, and other texts from national and international bodies. (more)	Dec 5, 2005
	National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy	National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy Non-profit organization that conducts research related to biotechnology, pesticides, international trade and development, and farm and food policy. The website includes studies and data related to these research areas, publications, mailing lists, and more. (more)	Jun 24, 2003
	Program for Biosafety Systems, International Food Policy Research Institute	Program for Biosafety Systems: A Partnership Program for Biosafety Capacity Development Program that works to support the development of national biosafety systems in developing countries. The website includes publications, news and events, training materials, and more. (more) Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2005	Sep 16, 2005
	Mellman Group, Inc./Public Opinion Strategies, Inc./Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology	Public Sentiment About Genetically Modified Food: September 2003 Update Report of a telephone survey on Americans' knowledge and opinions regarding biotechnology and GM foods. Publication Month: September 2003	Sep 22, 2003
	Byrne, David	Regulation of Food Safety and the Use of Traceability/Tracing in the EU and USA: Convergence or Divergence? Speech given by David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, at the Food Safety Conference in Washington, DC on March 19, 2004. It includes discussion of risk perception, communication, and management including such issues as GM foods, BSE, traceability, and the precautionary principle in the US and the EU. (more) Publication Date: Friday, March 19, 2004	Mar 24, 2004
	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
	European Commission	Risk Perception: Science, Public Debate and Policy Making Brussels, Belgium: Speeches and presentations from this international conference on risk perception, risk communication and public debate, and policy making. Sessions at the conference included "Risk Perception and Consumers," "Advances in the understanding of Risk Perception and its importance in public policy," "Risk perception of GM agri-food - Stakeholder forum," and "Outlook on Risk perception". (more) Event Dates: Thursday, December 4, 2003 - Friday, December 5, 2003 Publication Date: Friday, December 5, 2003	Oct 28, 2003
		Risk: Challenges, Research and Social Implications Papers in this issue address topics related to risk. Papers include "The risks of eating and drinking"/Wilkinson, Susan B.T., Rowe, Gene, and Lambert, Nigel; "The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms"/Torgersen, Helge; "Hormesis: a revolution in toxicology, risk assessment and medicine"/Calabrese, Edward J.; "Science in a political environment"/Weingart, Peter; "When even the 'best-laid' plans go wrong"/McComas, Katherine; and more. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 2, 2004
	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
	Smith, Nick	Seeds of Opportunity: an Assessment of the Benefits, Safety, and Oversight of Plant Genomics and Agricultural Biotechnology Informational report that summarizes findings from three hearings of the Subcommittee on Basic Research held during the First Session of the 106th Congress. Includes discussion of the oversight of agricultural biotechnology, benefits and risks, regulation, and more. Appendices include "List of Findings and Recommendations" and more. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000	Nov 15, 2004
	Isaac Funk Family Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Agriculture Network Information Center	Soybean Information This website links to resources related to soybean, including resources on biotechnology, economics, statistics, and news, soybean-related organizations, and more. (more)	Dec 21, 2004
		Special Issue: Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization includes the following articles: "Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms: An Overview of the Special Issue"/Schmitz, Andrew; "GMOs: Prospects for Productivity Increases in Developing Countries"/Evenson, Robert E.; "Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights"/Zilberman, David; Ameden, Holly; Graff, Gregory; Qaim, Matin; "Europe's Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology: Precaution or Trade Distortion?"/Sheldon, Ian; "Genetically Modified Food Standards as Trade Barriers: Harmonization, Compromise, and Sub-Global Agreements"/Tothova, Monika and Oehmke, James F.; "Did StarLink Reduce Import Demand for Corn?"/Schmitz, Troy G; Schmitz, Andrew; Moss, Charles B.; "Genetically Modified Organisms: Rights to Use Commodity Names and the Lemons Problem"/Gray, Richard; Moss, Charles B.; Schmitz, Andrew; "Consumer's Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods: The Role of Information in an Uncertain Environment"/Huffman, Wallace E.; Rousu, Matthew; Shogren, Jason F.; Tegene, Abebayehu; "Effects of Information on Consumers' Willingness to Pay for GM-Corn-Fed Beef"/Li, Quan; McCluskey, Jill J.; Wahl, Thomas I. Access to the full text of the articles may require subscription. (more) Publication Year: 2004	May 17, 2004
	Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology	Two by Two...or Not? A Look at Transgenic Animals, Ethics and Regulation Archived video webcast of this policy dialogue held June 30, 2004 in Washington, DC on ethical and regulatory issues associated with GM animals. (more) Event Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Publication Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2004	Sep 22, 2004
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	WHO Study on Modern Food Biotechnology, Human Health and Development Review of information related to the effects of food biotechnology on human health and development. Includes discussion of use, research and development, risk and safety assessment, capacity building, food security issues, and social and ethical concerns such as public perception, labeling, and consumer choice. A questionnaire that was completed by stakeholders is available to view. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 23, 2005	Aug 21, 2002

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