GM plants: Science, politics and EC regulations

• Published in: Plant science (Limerick) Vol. 178; no. 2; pp. 94 - 98
• Main Author: Davison, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.02.2010; [Ireland]: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: agricultural law; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; EU GMO regulations; Europe; European Union; exports; feeds; food crops; food safety; food storage; food transport; forage crops; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gene flow; Genetic engineering applications; genetically modified foods; genetically modified organisms; Genetics; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; GMO adventitious presence; GMO coexistence; GMO detection; GMO labeling; GMO thresholds; imports; international trade; labeling; Life Sciences; literature reviews; Plant breeding: fundamental aspects and methodology; Plants genetics; politics; trade barriers; transgenic plants; Europe; GMO detection; GMO coexistence; GMO thresholds; GMO labeling; EU GMO regulations; GMO adventitious presence; Policy; Plant biology; Coexistence; European regulation; European Union; Transgenic plant; Plant sciences; Detection; Genetically modified organism; gmo coexistence; gmo labeling; gmo thresholds; gmo adventitious presence; gmo detection; eu gmo regulations

The EU has the probably strictest regulations in the world for the presence of GMOs in food and feed. These require the labeling of food and feed where the level of approved GMO exceeds 0.9% of unintentional adventitious presence. For non-approved GMOs the threshold is ‘zero’ and thus requires that...