The OECD Task Force for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds (Task Force) addresses aspects of the safety assessment of foods and feeds derived from genetically engineered crops. The work aims to ensure that the types of elements used in risk/safety assessment, و همچنین روش های جمع آوری چنین اطلاعاتی, تا حد امکان در بین کشورها مشابه هستند.
The approach is to compare transgenic crops and derived products with similar conventional ones that are already known and considered safe in their use, based on recognised experience. Harmonised methods and practice, as well as share of data are facilitated through the Task Force activities.
The main output is the set of consensus documents on compositional considerations of new varieties of specific crops. These documents compile a common base of scientific information on the major components of the plants and their derived products: key nutrients; toxicants; anti-nutrients; and allergens where relevant. Other publications deal with general aspects to facilitate harmonisation in safety assessment. These documents constitute practical tools for regulators and risk assessors dealing with new transgenic varieties, with respect to human food and animal feed safety. تا به امروز, روی 20 Consensus Documents have been published on major crops and mushrooms, the animal feedstuffs, as well as the molecular characterisation of plants derived from modern biotechnology developed in common with the WG-HROB.
The Task Force has increasingly involved the experience, scientific knowledge and interests of nonmember economies, which allows it to address a wider range of food and feed products of global interest.
Further details can be found in BioTrack Online www.oecd.org/biotrack.
(*) سیستم اطلاعات آنلاین BioTrack مکانیزمی است که به وسیله آن گروه کاری هماهنگ سازی در بیوتکنولوژی و کارگروه ایمنی مواد غذایی و خوراک های جدید، خروجی های کار خود را در دسترس عموم قرار می دهند., به ویژه اسناد اجماع/راهنمای آنها که در بخش های بالا توضیح داده شده است. BioTrack Online همچنین دسترسی عمومی به "پایگاه داده محصول" را ارائه می دهد.. این پایگاه داده به مقامات نظارتی اجازه می دهد تا اطلاعات اولیه در مورد محصولات تراریخته حاصل از استفاده از بیوتکنولوژی مدرن را به اشتراک بگذارند (عمدتاً گیاهان زراعی) و برای کاربرد تجاری از نظر مواد غذایی تایید شده است, ایمنی خوراک یا محیط زیست.