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Reference materials for quality control in GMO analysis can be obtained from different sources.
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Institute for Reference Material and Measurement (IRRM) Belgium
Certified reference materials (CRMs) are produced and commercialised by the Institute for Reference Material and Measurement (IRRM) Belgium. Click "Reference materials catalogue", "Catalogues" and again "Catalogue of reference materials" to get the list as .pdf file; alternatively you can get it from http://www.erm-crm.org/ermcrmdb/, searching "ERM database" by choosing "Food/Agriculture related matrix materials" in the "Group" field and "GM materials" in the "Subgroup".
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Fluka / Sigma-Aldrich
The same CRMs can be purchased direcly from Fluka/Sigma-Aldrich. Under "Product Name or No." type "GMO" and click the "go" button: all available reference material you can buy is listed.
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AOCS American Oil Chemists' Society
Certified reference materials are provided also by the American Oil Chemists' Society, a global forum that promotes the exchange of information among those with a professional interest in the science and technology of fats, oils, surfactants, and related materials.
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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
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