FAO FOOD AND NUTRITION - NO. 79

FAO
FOOD AND
NUTRITION
PAPER
79

Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals, including Fish

Report of the FAO/WHO Expert Consultation
Rome, 17-21 November 2003

 

   

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 2004

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Table of Contents

Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Scope, including definitions

4. State of the art in GM animal production

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Techniques and applications
4.3 Food-related hazards associated with producing GM animals
4.4 Future perspectives

5. Approaches to the safety assessment of foods derived from GM animals

5.1 Introduction
5.2 General principles
5.3 Post-market surveillance

6. Specific food safety issues of foods derived from animal biotechnology

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Phenotypic analysis
6.3 Post-market surveillance - product tracing systems
6.4 Future developments

7. International regulatory instruments

7.1 Codex Alimentarius
7.2 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

8. Ethical aspects

8.1 Introduction
8.2 Environmental ethics and animal welfare
8.3 Uncertainty
8.4 Transparency and public deliberation
8.5 The role of ethical principles in assessments
8.6 A schematic ethical assessment

9. Conclusions

10. Recommendations

11. References

12. Selected bibliography

Annex 1: List of participants

Annex 2: List of documents

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