Second international workshop on harmonisation of GMO detection and analysis
This meeting has been organised by the Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument of the European Commission in collaboration with the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Zagreb, Croatia
29 - 30 September 2010
AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS
Day I : Wednesday 29 September 2010
Chair: Guy Van den Eede
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Registration and welcome to the participants |
| 10:30 | Introduction to TAIEX EXPERT (TBC) |
| 11:00 | Scope of the Workshop Mr. Guy Van den Eede European Commission-Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection |
| 11:30 | Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis All participants |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | GMO testing requirements and approaches world-wide Mr. Guy Van den Eede European Commission-Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection |
| 14:45 | Considerations on the development of accurate methods, suitable for the screening, identification and quantification of GMOs Mr. Marc De Loose Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) BELGIUM |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | From analytical methods for labelling towards analytical methods for control: Knowledge-technology-based approaches Mr. Marc De Loose Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) BELGIUM |
| 16:45 | From analytical methods for labelling towards analytical methods for control: Transfer of validated methods into the laboratory and rationalisation/optimisation of their field of application Ms. Jana Zel National Institute of Biology SLOVENIA |
| 17:30 | General Discussion All participants |
| End of the session |
Day II : 30 September 2010
Chair: Guy Van den Eede
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | From analytical methods for labelling towards analytical methods for control: Multi-target detection approaches Mrs. Maddalena Querci European Commission-Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection |
| 9:45 | From analytical methods for labelling towards analytical methods for control: Matrix based approaches, decision-support systems and reference methods Mr. Mark Van den Bulcke European Commission-Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | From analytical methods for labelling towards analytical methods for control: A practical approach to screen for authorised and non-authorised GMOs Mr. Dr. Lutz Grohmann Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety GERMANY |
| 11:45 | Proficiency testing Mr. Mark Van den Bulcke European Commission-Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection |
| 12:15 | Towards the development of a GMO detection toolbox All participants |
| 13:30 | End of the workshop |