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Expert consultations

Since the mid-1990s, FAO and WHO have organized a series of scientific expert consultations in relation to the safety and nutritional features of foods derived from biotechnology in order to provide scientific and technical advice to their Member States.

The scientific advice derived from these expert consultations can be used by the Member States of FAO and WHO directly, but also serves as the scientific foundation for the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in their deliberation on risk analysis principles and safety assessment guidelines for foods derived from biotechnology.

The joint FAO/WHO expert consultations not only review existing strategies for the safety and nutritional assessment of foods derived from biotechnology, taking into account public concerns and experiences accumulated in testing such foods, but also make recommendations on further research needs and priorities.

  • Joint FAO/WHO expert consultation on safety assessment of food derived from biotechnology (26 February - 2 March 2007, WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland)... read more
  • Safety assessment of foods derived from genetically modified animals, including fish (2003) ... read more
  • Safety assessment of foods derived from genetically modified micro-organisms (2001) ... read more
  • Evaluation of allergenicity of genetically modified foods (2001) ... read more
  • Safety aspects of genetically modified foods of plant origin (2000) ... read more
 
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