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AGBIOS
AGBIOS is a Canadian company dedicated to providing public policy, regulatory, and risk assessment expertise for products of biotechnology. It publishes a very comprehensive database with molecular, regulatory and safety information on GM crops. Search for a given event in the "GM database" by typing the species name, the trait, the inserted gene or directly the name of the event. |
BIOTRADESTATUS
Biotradestatus is a website collecting information regarding the actual commercial status of many agricultural biotechnology products (currently commercialized/date of last seed sales/never-commercialized). The information is provided and updated by the companies that have developed the GM events listed in the database. Users of the database must be aware, however, that other companies, organizations or institutions may have developed or commercialized other products not included in this listing.
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GMO COMPASS
GMO COMPASS is a website supported by the European Union, it provides an updated GMO database containing information about every genetically modified plant that has been approved or is awaiting approval in the EU. For each event, overview of application status, short description of the GM plant, summary of risk assessment and links to related publicly available documents and currently validated detection methods can be found.
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United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website
The United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website can be searched for a given event (by typing the species name, the trait or the name of the event); detailed information can be obtained by clicking on "more information". Particularly relevant is the information obtainable by accessing "USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Status: Granted petition for non-regulated status".
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Latest issue of SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL
(ISTA News Bulletin) No. 138 October 2009 for available download
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PRESS RELEASE
World food security: urgent measures on seed needed
...read more about the outcome of the
Second World Seed Conference 2009
held September 8-10,
in Rome, Italy
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29th ISTA Congress 2010 (June 15-22)
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REPORTS
ISTA Annual Meeting June 15-18, 2009 Glattbrugg, Switzerland
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Newly adopted:
Position Paper on ISTA's view regarding the units for the reporting of quantitative results on presence of seeds with specified traits in conventional seed lots
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ISTA Seed Mixture Experiment
ISTA is initiating an experiment to collect information that may be used to determine the reliability of seed mixture test results and establish tolerances.
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Universal List of Species
ISTA has published a list of 130 plant species that accredited laboratories may wish to include in their seed collections
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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits
Related Documents for download
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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
The ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
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ISTA signs Memorandum of Understanding with FAO
Read the full Press Release
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