Traceability and labelling of GMOs requires sampling and testing methods as well as concepts of certification along the production chain. They come at a price, of course, and they have their practical implications for production systems. Standards, methods, prices and examples of certification will be presented.
Lutz Grohmann - CONGEN Biotechnology GmbH - Germany
Jochen Koester - Trace Consult - Switzerland
Lutz Grohmann: Testing for GMOs - Analytical Methods used for nonGM Control
Jochen Koester: Testing and Controls of GMOs Traceability and Labelling of GMOs - Made Easy by Certification
REGULATION (EC) No 178/2002 (January2002) on general food law
REGULATION (EC) No 1829/2003 (September 2003) on genetically modified food and feed
Annex of Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004
Detailed overview and explanation GMO-testing methods by Danish environment ministry
Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) for GM Food & Feed - List of official detection methods
