Traditionally, a unique GMO test must be validated for each GMO and for each type of matrix (e.g., seed, processed food). The modular approach, on the other hand, takes a GMO test and validates it step by step. Because different GMO tests have steps in common, the modular approach allows the application of a single, validated step to a wide range of GMOs and matrices. This should greatly improve the efficiency and feasibility of developing and carrying out tests for many different GMOs in many different forms. This task aims to develop, define, verify, and standardise the modular approach to GMO testing.
Further details on this project are not yet available.
The team has reached only preliminary, unpublished results at this stage of the project.
| NAME / ORGANISATION | CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy |
Email: info@coextra.eu |
| Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Belgium | |
| National Veterinary Institute (NVI), Norway | |
| LGC Limited (LGC), United Kingdom | |
| Groupe d'Intérêt Public – Groupe d'Etude Et de controle des Variétés et des Semences (GIP-GEVES), France | |
| Instituto Superiore Di Sanita (ISS), Italy | |
| Laboratoire de la Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes de Strasbourg (DGCCRF), France | |
| University of Parma (UPAR), Italy | |
| National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenia |