GMSAFOOD Conference

March 6th - 8th, 2012 - Medical University of Vienna, Austria


Conference

A strategy for the monitoring of GMOs following their introduction to the market is important to ensure safety and early detection of unexpected adverse effects.The GMSAFOOD conference on genetically modified organism safety and post market monitoring is aimed at the state-of-the-art approaches to evaluating the safety of authorized GMOs. Leaders in the field will present on safety in the population at large upon the introduction of new foods including GMOs

Topics

  • GMO effects in animal studies
  • GMO effects in the food chain
  • Evaluating the potential allergenicity of GMOs intended for food use
  • Biotechnology- production of new GMOs
  • Limits of epidemiology for food post market surveillance for foods
  • Post market monitoring
  • International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe opinion
  • Political and regulatory aspects of post market monitoring
  • A biomarker approach for post market monitoring

 Organization

  • Keynote lectures
  • Small group theme discussions
  • Panel discussion with scientists and stakeholders
  • Public question & answer session


Conference registration

The registration to the conference is free and is open until February 28th, 2012 following this link

17.January 2012


News

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“Healthy” farmed cod can undergo extensive pathological changes

Doctoral research carried out by Mona Gjessing shows that pathological changes in cod differ from those found in diseased salmon, and cod that appear clinically healthy can nevertheless be affected by extensive changes due to disease.

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