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Introduction
In the last years, the adventitious presence of genetically modified (GM) seeds in non GM seed lots has increasingly become a problem for the international seed trade. The GMO Committee was established in 2001 (2001-2010 GMO Task Force) to focus on activities to develop a system targeting the uniformity in GMO testing results, not only by the uniformity in GMO testing methodology, but by a performance based approach. For realisation of this approach the ISTA GMO Committee is active in the following directions:
- Establishing an ISTA Rules Chapter for the detection, identification and quantification of GMO in conventional seed.
- Organisation of proficiency tests on GMO testing.
- Exchange of information between laboratories at workshops and offering training programmes.
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New issue of
SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL (ISTA News Bulletin) No. 142 October 2011
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REGISTRATION NOW POSSIBLE
ISTA Annual Meeting 2012
June 11-14, 2012
Venlo, The Netherlands
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Reports available from the ISTA Annual Meeting 2011
held June 13-16, 2011
Zurich, Switzerland
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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
Technical Protocol and participating companies
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Outcome on the
World food security: urgent measures on seed needed
Second World Seed Conference 2009
held September 8-10,
in Rome, Italy
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ISTA Seed Mixture 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 list of 130 plant species that accredited laboratories may wish to include in their seed collections
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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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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits
Related Documents for download
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ISTA's Memorandum of Understanding with FAO
Read the full Press Release
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