Links

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General Information on Plant Biotechnologie

• GMO-Compass - Green Biotech in Europe: Information source designed to give consumer facts on the potential risks and benefits associated with genetically modified crops

• Co-Extra - GM and non GM supply chains: their CO-EXistence and TRAcebility

• The International Society for Biosafety Research (ISBR)

• AGBIOS - Information about policy, regulatory and risk assessment expertise for products of biotechnology, database of safety information on all genetically modified plant products

• AgBioWorld Foundation - Non-profit organisation with science-based information on agricultural biotechnology

• Checkbiotech - Information about agricultural biotechnology and the debate surrounding genetically modified food, sponsered by the University of Basel

• Belgian Biosafety Server - Website of the Scientific Institute of Public Health (IPH), science-based information related to biosafety

• EuropaBio: The European Association for Bioindustries

• Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) - Information on agricultural and environmental biotechnology research, product development, regulatory issues, and biosafety in the US

• Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology - Project of the University of Richmond supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau – FiBL)
  

• GMORESCOM - A European initiative to enhance communication regarding GMO biosafety research.

• Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

 

 

Authorities and  Organisations

Europe

• Biotechnology & GMO

• European Food Information Council (EUFIC)

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) - GMO Panel

• EU Commission: DG Health and Consumer Protection

• EU Commission: Food and Feed Safety

• EU Commission: Agriculture and Environment

• EC Commission: Research on Safety of Gentically Modified Organisms

 

International

• Foods Standard Agency - Government Department in UK

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• U.S. Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website

• DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Biotechnology Australia

 

UN Instituts

• Codex Alimentarius Commission

• The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Biotechnology and Food Safety

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

• Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) Germany

 

 

Research and Technology Assessment

• Max Planck Institut for Molecular Plant Physiology

• Max Planck Institut for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne

• European Plant Science Organisation

• Leipniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben

• Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament (TAB)

• Research Centre on Biotechnology, Society and Environment (BIOGUM), University of Hamburg

• Public Research & Regulation Initiative (PRRI) - Forum for the public research sector to be informed about and involved in international agreements that are relvant to modern biotechnology

 

 

Regulation and  International Agreements

• Questions and Answers on the Regulation of GMOs in the EU

• EUR-Lex - The portal to European Union law

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Convention on Biological Diversity
  

 

 

Other related websites

• EPOBIO/BioMatNet - Economic potential of plant-derived raw materials, links to the EC/USA collaboration in plan biotechnology for biofuels and biorefineries

• BioPortfolio - Biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life science search engine and alert service