Testbiotech EU Newsletter 3/2015 (July 2015)

July 15, 2015

Current Issues and Activities

  • Complaint against authorisation for the import of genetically engineered plants
  • EU Commission does not intend to stop the cultivation of maize MON810
  • EFSA assesses new publications on Bt maize
  • EU Commission stops German authorities from allowing the cultivation of Cibus oilseed rape
  • Committee in European Parliament against the cloning of animals for food production
  • EFSA reappoints “well-known” experts to its GMO panel
  • Overview of upcoming meetings on EU research projects

Scientific news

  • Stress test performed on genetically engineered maize
  • Genetically engineered wheat fails in field trials
  • Laboratory rodent diets contain a broad range of environmental contaminants and genetically engineered plants

New EFSA opinions

  • New guidance on how to assess agronomic characteristics of genetically engineered plants
  • New guidance on the renewal of applications for genetically engineered plants
  • EFSA to develop new guidance for the risk assessment of the allergenicity of genetically engineered plants
  • Opinions on genetically engineered soybeans with resistance to the herbicides dicamba and glyphosate and herbicide resistant maize (glyphosate)

Current Issues and Activities

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