FAOs Food Quality and Standards Service has recently published GM food safety assessment: Tools for trainers. The training package is composed of three parts. The first, Principles of safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants, provides guidance for the implementation of an effective framework for safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants. The second, Tools and techniques for trainers, offers a practical guide for preparing and delivering a workshop on the topic of safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants. The third, Case studies, presents three safety assessment dossiers that have been summarized for training purposes. The target audience includes national food safety regulators, authorities, and/or scientists tasked with training others to undertake the safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants. See http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i0110e/i0110e00.htm (in English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

27/01/2010