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European Union Reference Laboratory for Genetically Modified Food and Feed (EURL GMFF)

International Workshop on Harmonisation of GMO Detection and Analysis for Central and South America

Organised by European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) in collaboration with Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANTE) under the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ Programme

Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)
4-5 December 2009

AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS

Day I : 4 December 2009

Chair: Guy Van den Eede

Time Title
9:00 Participants registration
10:00 Welcome address
10:15 EU Framework Legislation for GMOs & Future Challenges
Niall Gerlitz, EC DG-SANTE
10:45 The Joint Research Centre in support to the implementation of EU legislation on GMOs: role, responsibility and activities towards harmonisation in GMO analysis
Guy Van den Eede, EC JRC
12:00 The Codex Guideline on methods of analysis for specific DNA sequences and proteins, including GMOs: update on the draft status and future perspectives
Martin Lema, Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries - Biotechnology Directorate, Argentina
12:30

Lunch

14:00 Overview on GMO detection approaches
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
14:30 Quality assurance for GMO testing laboratories
Manuela Schulze, Germany
15:00

Coffee break

15:30 GMO analysis and Measurement of Uncertainty – critical aspects and specific requirements
Guy Van den Eede, EC JRC
16:00 General discussion on technical issues presented on the 1st day
17:00 End of the 1st day
20:30 Gala dinner offered by the workshop organisers

Day II : 5 December 2009

Chair: Guy Van den Eede

Time Title
9:00 Example, Status and experience from Brazil
Rodrigo Barbosa Nazareno, Brasil
9:30 Example, Status and experience from Chile
Michel Agredo, Chile
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Setting up a GMO analysis laboratory in a GMO growing and commercialising country – aspects of production chain quality
Mariana Daher, Brazil
11:30 Networking in a regional diverse context
Paul Chiew, Singapore
12:00 General discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Status and experiences related to the implementation of GMO legislation: perceptions from selected Countries

Example, status and experience from Brasil
Paola Cardarelli-Leite, Maria Regina Branquinho, Renata Trotta Barroso Ferreira
15:30 Coffee break
16:00

Round table discussion on collaboration and capacity building and future collaboration with ENGL network

  • Difficulties
  • Needs
  • Suggestions for solutions
  • Ways towards collaboration

All participants
16:45 Conclusions of the Workshop
Chair
17:00 End of the Workshop