Co-Extra is a EU research programme on co-existence and traceability. Our goal is to support their implementation and to foster a science-based debate among stakeholders.
On 11 July 2008, the South Korean government announced new and comprehensive monitoring for all food products available within the national borders. By the year 2012, ninety-five per cent of all foods should be subject to testing standards that are as rigorous as those of the European Union. In order to ease the transition to the ...[more]
The draft of the Slovene Act on the co-existence of genetically modified plants with other agricultural plants remains in the process of notification to the European Commission and to other Member States. Parallel to this procedure, NGOs and some political parties are demanding a ban on GM maize.[more]
Approximately six hundred participants from over seventy countries attended the “First Global Conference on GMO Analysis”. Held at Villa Erba in Como, Italy from 24 through 27 June 2008, the conference was organised by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.[more]
The European Commission has financed several research and development projects on the detection and traceability of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Highlights of these programmes are presented in a book chapter* written by John Davison (INRA) and Yves Bertheau (INRA, coordinator of ...[more]
