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

3rd 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

Cartagena (Colombia)
3 - 4 July 2012

AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS

Day I : 3 July 2012

Chair: Maddalena Querci

Time Title
9:00 Participants registration
10:00 Welcome address
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
10:15 The European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed – update on activities in fulfillment of EU legislation
Marco Mazzara, EC JRC
11:00 2011-2012 progress in networking in GMO analysis and the GGNF
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Update on international collaboration in Latin America
Andrés Felipe Vela, INVIMA, Colombia
Natalhie Campos Reales Pineda, CIBIOGEM, Mexico
12:30 The Importance of Collaborative Studies for the establishment of a National Network of Laboratories for Detection and Analysis of GMO in Mexico
Natalhie Campos Reales Pineda, CIBIOGEM, Mexico
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis
All participants
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis
All participants
17:00 End of the 1st day
20:30 Gala dinner offered by the workshop organisers

Day II : 4 July 2012

Chair: Maddalena Querci

Time Title
9:00 New approaches in GMO detection from the ENGL: the matrix approach, the Chinese rice case as examples
Lutz Grohmann, BVL Germany
9:45 Detection of GMO traces in honey: update on activities and detection strategies
Hermann Broll, BfR Germany
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Application of the Low Level Presence Regulation (Reg. 619/2011)
Marco Mazzara, EC JRC
11:30 Practical means for detecting genetically modified animals
Martin Lema, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina
12:15 An alternative approach on Measurement Uncertainty estimation for quantitative GMO analyses
Nilson César Castanheira Guimarães, LANAGRO/MG, Brazil
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Update on ISO activities
Hermann Broll, BfR Germany
15:00

Round table discussion on

  • Collaboration and capacity building and future collaboration with ENGL network
  • Ways towards collaboration (e.g. new work item proposal on CODEX validation standards for the new techniques)
  • GGNF proposal

All participants
15:45 Coffee break
16:15 Round table discussion continuation
All participants
16:45 Conclusions of the Workshop
Chair
17:00 End of the Workshop