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Australia Seeks New Biosafety Committee Members
The Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator has issued a call for nominations for the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee and the ...
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FAO Reports on Status of AgBiotechnology and Biosafety in Ukraine
Agricultural biotechnology is a national priority for Ukraine and following ratification of a national agricultural biotechnology programme, implement...
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Swiss Federal Council Adopts Cartagena Biosafety Ordinance
The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the Cartagena Ordinance governing the export of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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Palau Ratification Sets Biosafety Protocol for Introduction
With the accession of Palau on 13 June 2003, the required number of 50 instruments of ratification/accession/approval/acceptance by States has now bee...
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NGOs Accuse Bush of Threatening Biosafety Laws
A group of NGOs is protesting at what it describes as threats made by the Bush administration to challenge other countries’ food safety laws as barrie...
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Canada Denies Visa for Ethiopian Biosafety Negotiator
Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, the Ethiopian government's chief scientist and its representative to the Montreal-based UN Convention on Biologica...
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Mexican Maize Contamination "Requires Biosafety Rethink"
A study by Berkeley scientists confirms reports that some of Mexico's native varieties of maize grown in remote regions have been contaminated by tran...
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EU Study Says Current Biosafety Knowledge Sufficient for Assessments
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has released a new study entitled "Scientific and technical contribution to the development of an over...
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FAO Provides New LMO Biosafety Guidelines
New guidelines for determining if a living modified organism (LMO) poses a hazard to plants have been published by Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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EFSA Advises EC on Biosafety of Bt10 Maize
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was informed on 23 March 2005 of the inadvertent release in the United States of a non-authorised geneticall...
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