Genetically modified crops in the European Union - the regulatory framework and public acceptance

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	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/20926

Title :	Genetically modified crops in the European Union - the regulatory framework and public acceptance
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	König, Ariane [University of Cambridge]
Publication date :	1998
Number of pages :	751-756
Peer reviewed :	No
Event name :	Proceedings of the International Congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Event date :	1998
Event place (city) :	Jerusalem
Event country :	Israel
Keywords :	[en] Corn ; Europe ; Marketing ; Bacillus ; Assure
Abstract :	[en] In both the United States and the European Union the fundamental concept for the food and environmental safety assessment of products derived from modern biotechnology is the concept of substantial equivalence, where the novel product is compared to a closely related product that has an accepted standard of safety. The concept was initially introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (WHO, 1991). In 1992, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) elaborated the underlying concept and introduced the term “substantial equivalence” (OECD, 1993). The application of substantial equivalence has since been reinforced by international expert bodies (WHO, 1995; FAO, 1996) and has been adopted by regulatory authorities in most countries.
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