In May 2004, FAO launched the International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health. Developed by FAO, and in association with the organisations responsible for international standard setting in sanitary and phytosanitary matters, this portal provides a single access point for authorised official international and national information across the sectors of food safety, animal and plant health. Information can be browsed in a number of ways, including by cross-sectoral themes such as biotechnology, for which there are currently just under 700 records, classified by commodity, geography, information type and information source. From the end of November 2005, the portal will also contain links to Biosafety Clearing House decisions. See http://www.ipfsaph.org/biotechnology or contact [email protected] for more information.

04/11/2005