GM (Genetic Modification)

Document archive

This is an archive of documents that are important to have available for reference. This is not an index of documents on the site.

• GM Herbicide Tolerant T25 Maize
  This paper explains the safety assessments that have been conducted on T25 maize as part of its regulatory approval in Europe for cultivation, feed and food uses.

• Background Papers on the Release of GMOs in the EU

• Genetically Modified Organisms and the Environment: Co-ordination of Government Policy
  The Government's Response to the Fifth Report of the Select Committee on Environmental Audit. See also the Committee's Fifth Report:
  www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmenvaud/341/34102.htm

• Environmental Risks of Herbicide-Tolerant Oilseed Rape:
  a Review of the PGS Hybrid Oilseed Rape

• The Commercial Use of Genetically Modified Crops in the United Kingdom: the Potential Wider Impact on Farmland Wildlife

• Government response to the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission report 'Animals and Biotechnology'

• Legal Framework
  www.defra.gov.uk/environment/gm/background/legal/index.htm