Workshop on GMOs in global perspective - safety assessment and traceability
May 16, 2013, organized by RIKILT Wageningen UR
and the SELAMAT Network
The workshop was attended by around 80 people from 19 countries. Send an email to Piet Stouten for more information about this workshop.
Venue: Conference centre HofvanWageningen,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Programme
Theme: Detection and traceability of GMOs
Chair: Mr. Bart Crijns M.Sc. (Ministry of Economic Affairs)
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome and introduction of the programme | Ir. Louise Veerbeek (Ministry of Economic Affairs) and Dr.ir. Robert. F.M. van Gorcom, (RIKILT Wageningen UR, the Netherlands) |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | EUginius European GMO database | Dr. Joachim Bendiek (BVL, Germany) and Dr. Theo Prins (RIKILT Wageningen UR, the Netherlands) |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | FAO activities in the field of GMOs | Dr. Masami T. Takeuchi (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)) |
| 10:15 – 10.35 | Coffee break at the lounge (ground floor) | |
| 10:35 – 11.05 | Multidetection of GMOs, including NGS approaches | Dr. Jeroen van Dijk (RIKILT Wageningen UR, the Netherlands) |
| 11:05– 11:35 | GMO traceability activities in China | Prof.dr. Dabing Zhang (School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao University, China) |
| 11:35 – 12:05 | Activities of the European Network of GMO Laboratories | Dr. Joachim Kreysa (EURL - GMFF, Italy) |
| 12:05 - 12:15 | Short break | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Discussion GMO detection and traceability | |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch | at the Wolfswaardzaal (ground floor) |
Theme: Food/Feed safety assessment of GMOs
Chair: Ms. Ana Viloria, DVM (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports)
| 13:45 – 14:15 | OECD’s view on harmonisation in the field of GMO food/feed safety assessment | Dr. Peter Kearns (OECD, France) |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | GMO food safety assessment in the US, including scientific developments | Dr. James Lindsay (USDA, USA) |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | GMO food safety assessment in China, including scientific developments | Prof.dr. Yufa Peng (Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, Beijing, China) |
| 15:15 – 15:35 | Coffee break | at the lounge (ground floor) |
| 15:35 – 16:05 | GMO food safety assessment in the European Union - Further distribution of this slide in part or as a whole needs to seek approval from EFSA | Dr. Yi Liu (EFSA, Italy) |
| 16:05 – 16:35 | Food safety assessment of GMOs – scientific developments | Dr. Esther Kok (RIKILT Wageningen UR, the Netherlands) |
| 16:35 - 16:45 | Short break | |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | DiscussionFood/feed safety assessment and closing session |