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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 African Countries

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

White River (South Africa)
7-8 February 2012

AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS

Day I : 7 February 2012

Chair: Maddalena Querci

Time Title
9:00 Participants registration
10:00 Welcome address
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
10:15 General approach for GMO detection in the EU
Damien Plan, EC JRC
10:50 2010-2011 progress in networking in GMO analysis and presentation of the ‘Compendium of validated reference methods’
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC
11:30

Coffee break

12:00 Update on networking and international collaboration in Africa
Derick George, Botswana
12:30 Bather Kone, African Union Commission
13:00

Lunch

15:00

Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis

  • Update on recent developments
  • Areas of improvements

All participants
15:30 Coffee break
16:00

Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis

  • Update on recent developments
  • Areas of improvements

All participants
17:00 End of the 1st day

Day II : 8 February 2012

Chair: Maddalena Querci

Time Title
9:00 EU legislation on Low Level Presence (LLP); definition and application in practice
Damien Plan, EC JRC
9:45 Methods verification and transfer of validated methods into laboratories working routine
Manuela Schulze, Germany
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 New approaches in GMO detection: Detection of Unapproved GMOs
Cristina Aleixo, Portugal
12:15 The Chinese rice case: the adopted matrix based detection strategy
Patrick Philippe, France
13:00 Lunch
14:30

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

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

All participants
15:30 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 Conclusion of the Workshop
17:00 End of the Workshop
20:30 Gala dinner offered by the workshop organisers