OECD Reports sent to Okinawa G8
The Group of Eight industrial countries met in Okinawa, Japan
on 21 and 22 July. The communiqué
of the meeting and paragraphs 55-59 in particular discuss the
OECD work below which was requested by the G8 leaders in Cologne
last year. In response to this request to the OECD "to
undertake a study of the implications of biotechnology and other
aspects of food safety", the following reports were
prepared and sent to the Okinawa G8 representatives. For more
information on the G8
summit...
Report
of the Task Force for the Safety of Novel Food and Feeds [PDF 318KB]
Report
of the Working Group for the Harmonisation of Regulatory
Oversight in Biotechnology [PDF 210KB]
Report of the Ad hoc Group on Food Safety, including:
Chairman’s
Report and the rapporteurs’ Summary on the OECD Edinburgh
Conference on the Scientific and Health Aspects of Genetically
Modified Foods [PDF 67KB] GM Food Safety: Facts,
Uncertainties and Assessment, held on 28 February - 1 March
2000
Summary
Report of the OECD Consultation with Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) [PDF 66KB] held at OECD on 20
November 1999
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