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

2nd 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

Merida (Mexico)
2-3 March 2011

AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS

Day I : 2 March 2011

Chair: Guy Van den Eede

Time Title
9:00 Participants registration
10:00 Welcome address
Guy Van den Eede, EC JRC
10:15 Introduction to the Workshop: General approach for GMO detection in the EU
Damien Plan, EC JRC
10:50 2009-2010 progress in GMO analysis and presentation of the ‘Compendium of validated reference methods’
Guy Van den Eede, EC JRC
11:30

Coffee break

12:00 Update on international collaboration in Latin America
Javier David Castellanos, Colombia
Natalhie Campos Reales Pineda, Mexico
13:00

Lunch

14:30

Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis

  • Update on recent developments
  • Quality assurance
  • Areas of improvements

Developments with respect to GMO analysis: Experience from Brazil
All participants
16:00 Coffee break
16:30

Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis

  • Update on recent developments
  • Quality assurance
  • Areas of improvements

All participants
17:00 End of the 1st day
20:30 Gala dinner offered by the workshop organisers

Day II : 3 March 2011

Chair: Guy Van den Eede

Time Title
9:00 New approaches towards GMO detection (matrix approach; proposal for global matrix initiative)
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
9:45 Methods verification and transfer of validated methods into laboratories working routine
Lotte Hougs, Danish Plant Directorate
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Practical implementation of ISO standards and CODEX guidelines
Herman Broll, BfR Germany
12:15 EU legislation on Low Level Presence (LLP); definition and application in practice
PGuy Van den Eede, EC JRC
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Environmental monitoring of GMOs via pollen traps
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
15:15 Coffee break
15:45

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