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…
Tasks Voluntary expert panel The Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS) is a voluntary expert panel responsible for evaluating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with regard to the potential risks posed to humans, animals and the environment and delivering…
Service The Service area bundles relevant information, additional services and selected offers from the field of biological safety and genetic engineering. Many topics, one goal 9th MEACB 2019 From 6 to 7 November 2019 the 9th Meeting of the European Advisory…
Links to relevant institutions On the website of the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety ( BVL ) you will find further information on the BVL databases and other websites on the subject of genetic engineering . Institutions Federal Ministry of…
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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 - An Overview What is Synthetic Biology? Key Research Areas of Synthetic Biology Statutory Regulation of Synthetic Biology Research Trends and Social Discussion Synthetic Biology - An Overview For thousands of years, humans have…
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…
