Activity Reports Since the GenTG came into force on July 1, 1990, the ZKBS has been informing the public annually about its activities by means of a report published by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity ( BMLEH ) (Section 15 of the ZKBS…

Animals Statements on animals A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A AquAdvantage Salmon (2011) (not accessible) [PDF, 116 KB] R Recombinant DNA into animals (1994) (not accessible) [PDF, 32 KB] Further statements by the ZKBS General subjects Animals…

Focus Topics Some topics dealing with biosafety that the ZKBS dealt with are of great interest for the general public as well and are therefore presented here in more detail by the secretariat to the ZKBS. Focus Topics Do-It-Yourself Biology Show more…

Position Statement of the ZKBS on the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 Initial situation Proposal of the European Commission Position…

Synthetic Biology Synthetic Biology is a dynamic field of research with an application-related focus to which contributions are made from disciplines that have a biological, technical and information processing emphasis. The main research fields and goals of…

DIYbio - Do it yourself-Biology DIYbio Kits Available on the Internet - Genetic Engineering for Home Use? Which statutory regulations have to be observed in do-it-yourself biology? Does genetic engineering work of DIY biologists endanger public safety? DIYbio Kits…

On the Identifiability of Genome Editing in plants - Commentary of the ZKBS on Y. Bertheau (2019) Conlusion In spring 2019 the article „New Breeding Techniques: Detection and Identification of the Techniques and Derived Products” by Yves Bertheau was published in the…

Publication cannot fulfil promise of identifying genome-edited plants Conclusion In their article of 7 September 2020, Chhalliyil and colleagues [1] present a method in the journal Foods that is supposed to allow the identification of genome-edited crops. The authors…