Genetically Modified Foods and Animal Products

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Animal Cloning: A Risk Assessment: DRAFT Executive Summary Draft version of the executive summary for an assessment of the potential health risks to animals and to humans due to the cloning of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats. Also available as PDF. (more) Publication Date: Friday, October 31, 2003	Nov 5, 2003
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Animal Nutrition - Legislation List Listing of legislation in the EU regarding such topics as feed additives, feed materials, undesirable substances, medicated feed, methods of analysis, genetically modified feed, and more. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2004	May 10, 2004
	Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council	Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms Report on bioconfinement methods for genetically engineered organisms. Chapters include "When and Why to Consider Bioconfinement," "Bioconfinement of Plants," "Bioconfinement of Animals: Fish, Shellfish, and Insects," "Bioconfinement of Viruses, Bacteria, and Other Microbes," and "Biological and Operational Considerations for Bioconfinement". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jan 30, 2004
	Codex Alimentarius Commission	Codex Alimentarius Commission Twenty-sixth Session, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 30 June-7 July 2003: Report This report addresses such issues as risk analysis policies, draft standards considered, other matters related to the reports of the Codex committees and task forces, and other issues. Includes the "Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Application in the Framework of the Codex Alimentarius" as an appendix. (more) Publication Month: July 2003	Aug 26, 2003
	Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review Unit, European Food Safety Authority	Conclusion Regarding the Peer Review of the Pesticide Risk Assessment of the Active Substance Glufosinate Conclusion regarding the peer review of the risk assessment for glufosinate-ammonium. Includes discussion of the consumer risk assessment and proposed MRLs for apples, maize, potatoes, and liver and kidneys of ruminants, and more. Appendices include "List of endpoints for the active substance and the representative formulation." Related background documents may also be available. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 21, 2005	Apr 25, 2005
	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
	Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand	Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) New Zealand New Zealand government organization that is responsible for the control of hazardous substances and of new plants and animals, including genetically modified organisms, in that country. The website includes a section on risk management that provides a general overview of risk management and of this agency's approach to it. It also includes links to other organizations and resources related to risk management. The website also includes publications, such as codes of practice for following regulations, policy and process guidelines, protocols, and more. (more)	Oct 29, 2002
	FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals, including Fish, Rome, 17-21 November 2003	FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals, Including Fish: Rome, 17-21 November 2003: Report Report of this Expert Consultation on issues related to the safety assessment of genetically modified foods. Sections include "State of the art in GM animal production," "Approaches to the safety assessment of foods derived from GM animals," "Specific food safety issues of foods derived from animal biotechnology," "International regulatory instruments," "Ethical aspects," and more. Annexes include "List of participants" and "List of documents". (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 17, 2003 - Friday, November 21, 2003 Publication Year: 2004	Jan 30, 2004
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Food Labelling This site provides access to EU legislation related to food labeling, including such topics as the labeling of quinine, caffeine, beef, and GMOs. (more)	Mar 23, 2005
	Unnevehr, Laurian J. (Ed.)	Food Safety in Food Security and Food Trade Collection of briefs on such topics as food safety, mycotoxins, and GM crops in developing countries, and food safety, risk, and trade. Includes case studies on "Guatemalan Raspberries and Cyclospora," "Kenyan Fish Exports," "The Shrimp Export Industry in Bangladesh," "Reducing Pesticide Residues on Horticultural Crops," "India Responds to International Food Safety Requirements," "Supermarkets and Quality and Safety Standards for Produce in Latin America," "Beef industry in China," "The Poultry Industry in Colombia," and "Reducing Mycotoxins in Brazilian Crops". (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Aug 19, 2004
	Kok, Esther J.; Jones, Wendelyn	Food Safety Risk Assessment of GM Animals This paper addresses the safety and risk assessment of GM food animals in light of what is known about the food safety assessment of GM plants. (more)	Dec 17, 2003
	Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology	Future Fish: Issues in Science and Regulation of Transgenic Fish This report addresses the potential economic, environmental, food safety, and regulatory issues posed by transgenic fish. (more) Publication Month: January 2003	Jun 4, 2003
	Houdebine, Louis-Marie	Generation and Use of Genetically Modified Farm Animals Review of the current state of the practice of genetic modification of farm animals.	Dec 17, 2003
	Hallerman, Eric M.	Hazards Associated with Transgenesis Methods Review of genetic and immunological hazards associated with the production of transgenic animals.	Dec 17, 2003
	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
	Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology	Issues in the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants and Animals Report on the U.S. regulatory system for biotechnology, including regulation for food safety. Includes discussion of concerns with the current system and possible policy options for improving the system. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Dec 9, 2004
	Grocery Manufacturers of America	rBST Regulation Brief history of rBST labeling cases, and the GMA's opinion on state-specific labeling of rBST.	Aug 7, 2002
	Federation of Animal Science Societies	References Pertaining to Transgenic DNA and Protein and Livestock Products (Meat, Milk, Eggs) Bibliography of articles and papers related to transgenic DNA in livestock products.	Jul 28, 2005
	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
		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
	Section on Genetically Modified Food and Feed and Environmental Risk, Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health Section on Genetically Modified Food and Feed and Environmental Risk: Summary Record of the 2nd Meeting - 23 June 2004 Summary of the discussion at this meeting on issues related to genetically modified foods and feeds. Topics addressed include fermentation products, self-cloning, labeling, sampling and testing, authorization of GM food, and more. (more) Event Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Publication Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2004	Sep 29, 2004
	Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology	State Legislative and Local Activities related to Agricultural Biotechnology Continue to Grow in 2003-2004 This fact sheet describes state and local legislative activity and trends related to agricultural biotechnology. Publication Month: May 2005	Aug 16, 2005
	Dunham, Rex A.	Status of Genetically Modified (Transgenic) Fish: Research and Application Review of the literature on transgenic fish. Includes discussion of the food safety of transgenic fish.	Dec 17, 2003
	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

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