The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just published two reports on questionnaires related to genetically modified food products. The first, entitled "Output on the questionnaire on national approaches to monitoring/detection/identification of transgenic products", compiles the results (from 21 countries) from a questionnaire intended to identify programs/systems for detection, monitoring and identification of genetically modified products or organisms. See http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2003doc.nsf/LinkTo/env-jm-mono(2003)8. The second is entitled "Report on the questionnaire on biomarkers, research on the safety of novel foods and feasibility of post-market monitoring". It compiles the results (from 18 countries) from a questionnaire aiming to "clarify the situation among member countries regarding the use of biomarkers, to collate information regarding research programmes addressing the safety of novel foods and to identify their experiences on the feasibility of post-market monitoring of novel foods". See http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2003doc.nsf/LinkTo/env-jm-mono(2003)9 or contact [email protected] to request either of the reports.

25/06/2003