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European Commission and Authorities

• European Comission: Biotechnology

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

• Community Register of GM Food and Feed in Europe

• Food Safety: From the farm to the fork

• Ethical, legal, and socio-economic aspects of agriculture, fisheries, and food biotechnology

• EU Joint Research Center: Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

• EU Joint Research Center: The Biotechnology and GMOs Unit

• White paper on food safety

• Food quality and safety

European Organisations

• The European Food Information Council

• Foodexperts

• European Federation of Biotechnology

• Plants for the future

International Organisations

• Codex Alimentarius

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• International Union of Nutritional Sciences

• International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health

• Consumers International

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

• Greenpeace International

General Information on Plant Biotechnology and Biosafety Research

• GMO Safety: Genetic Engineering - Plants - Environment

• The International Society for Biosafety Research, ISBR

• The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

• EU-Sponsored Research on Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms

• Database of the Benefits and Safety of Biotechnology (CropLife International)

• GMO RES COM - A European initiative to enhance communication regarding GMO biosafety research

• CropGen

• AG Biotech InfoNet

• GMO profiles: AGBIOS

• AgBioworld Foundation

• Belgian Biosafety Server

• AgBiotechNet

• Biotechnology Information Center (BIC) at the National Agricultural Library of the US Department

• Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects (National Academies, USA, 2004).

• Nutritional and Safety Assessments of Foods and Feeds Nutritionally Improved through Biotechnology (Task Force of the ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee, 2004)

Consumer Websites

• Consumer Affairs

• Health and Consumer Protection DG

• The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP)

• The European Consumers' Organisation

EU Research Programmes

• European network safety assessment of genetically modified food crops

• SIGMEA: Sustainable Introduction of Genetically Modified Crops into European Agriculture

• Co-Extra: GM and non-GM supply chains: their CO-EXistence and TRAceability

• EU-AgriNet

• EU Sixth Framework Programme