Members of the GMO Environmental Risk Assessment Working Group of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have met with experts from France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands to discuss the environmental risk assessments of specific GMO applications for cultivation.
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The aim of the meeting, which took place on 30 January, was to discuss a common approach with EU member states to carrying out environmental risk assessments in line with EFSA’s GM guidance document. In particular, they discussed the evaluation of data presented in the applications and the risk assessment of herbicide tolerant and insect resistant GM crops.
Member states also shared individual risk assessment experiences from specific GMO applications with the EFSA experts. EFSA said this will ultimately help the GMO Panel in carrying out the final EU risk assessment and provide clear and transparent information for the public.
“We shared some very useful experiences in environmental risk assessment for the applications for cultivation of GM crops in Europe,” said Dr Jeremy Sweet, vice-chair of the EFSA GMO Panel and chair of the GMO Environmental Working Group. “Participants welcomed the initiative and agreed that common environmental risk assessment and data interpretation methodologies will assist all parties involved and further add to the consistency of environmental risk assessment.”
EU GMO legislation provides a framework for co-operation between EFSA and member states in GMO environmental risk assessment, and within this framework, these four countries have volunteered to carry out the initial environmental risk assessments of GM plants. In addition, EFSA holds regular bilateral meetings with the member states involved in the initial risk assessment of specific applications.
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By GlobalDataIn addition, EFSA will hold a conference in June 2007 on GMO Environmental Risk Assessment involving environmental experts from across Europe, details of which will be announced in the spring of 2007.
