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Biotech Food ‘safety and beyond’

Biotech Food ‘safety and beyond’. Jeanine A. G. van de Wiel Health Council of the Netherlands Committee on Safety Assessment of Novel Foods http://www.healthcouncil.nl/. Purpose. To learn from the past ten years of the GM-food safety debate

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Biotech Food ‘safety and beyond’

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  1. Biotech Food‘safety and beyond’ Jeanine A. G. van de Wiel Health Council of the Netherlands Committee on Safety Assessment of Novel Foodshttp://www.healthcouncil.nl/

  2. Purpose To learn from the past ten years of the GM-food safety debate To facilitate and improve discussions now and in future

  3. Introduction (1) • GREEN biotechnology is in a turbulent phase • Compare RED biotechnology • Compare WHITE biotechnology

  4. Introduction (2) • Food safety became an issue because of a number of ‘incidents’ • Background: How to feed oneself in a technological culture? • Controversies about facts and values • Governments learn by doing and through a process of dialogue and consultation

  5. Safety and Precaution (1) • Regulation (EC) nr 258/97 concerning novel foods and food ingredients • Recommendation 97/618/EC about the information required to support an ‘application for authorization’ • European general food law (EC)178/2002

  6. Safety and Precaution (2) • Regulation (EC) 1830/2003 concerning the traceability and labeling of genetically modified organisms, foods and feeds (amending 2001/18/EC) • Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed

  7. Transparency in Decision-Making • Public version of the dossier available • Public version of the expert advisory reports on website • Declaration of interests of expert committee members • Stakeholder consultation

  8. Expert Consultation • Quality check on analytical chemistry, nutrition, molecular biology, toxicology and epidemiology investigational data • Integration into a final opinion.

  9. Expert Consultation Items • Full assessment or notification • Substantial equivalence • Extent of bio-molecular characterization • Design field studies for nutritional characterization • Relevant toxicological endpoints • Design of experimental animal study • Pre- or post-market human studies?

  10. Future Products • Combinations of characteristics in plants • Plants containing specific bio-active compounds (nutritionally enhanced) • Animals

  11. Beyond Food Safety • Decline of biodiversity • Real health claims • Freedom of food choice • Coexistence of biotech, conventional and organic agriculture • Monopolization of biological resources

  12. Recommendations • Consultation processes have to be very transparent • Expert judgement has to be of high quality and depth • Not only regulate risk assessment but also structure and facilitate risk management • Use local (national) expertise • Realize a broad agricultural biotechnology assessment based on ethical principles

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