The OECD has been active in the field of biosafety since the early 80s, resulting 1986 in the landmark publication “Recombinant DNA Safety Considerations (the ‘Blue Book’).
Currently, the OECD’s Working Group on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology (WG-Hrob) deals with the environmental safety of transgenic plants, bèt, and micro-organisms. The work aims to ensure that the types of elements used in biosafety assessment, osi byen ke metòd yo kolekte enfòmasyon sa yo, yo sanble ke posib nan mitan peyi yo. The WG-HROB participants are mainly officials responsible for the environmental risk/safety assessment of products derived from modern biotechnology. Observer delegations and invited experts collaborate actively.
The publication of Consensus/Guidance Documents remains a major output of the programme. They constitute a set of practical tools for regulators and biosafety assessors dealing with new transgenic organisms, with respect to environmental safety. Pou dat, sou 50 Consensus Documents have been published. They address a range of subjects including the biology of crops, the biology of trees, the biology of micro-organisms, as well as selected traits that have been introduced in plants. These documents also deal with key issues in the context of environmental risk assessment, including low level presence of transgenic plants in conventional seed and commodities. These documents are available through the OECD website (www.oecd.org/biotrack).
Nan Report of the OECD Workshop on Environmental Risk Assessment of Products derived from New Plant Breeding Techniques was published in January 2016.
The WG-HROB continues to work on consensus documents for plants, animals and micro-organisms, key issues in the context of environmental risk assessment: Environmental considerations for risk/safety assessment for the the release of transgenic plants.
More information on these and related OECD activities can be found on: www.oecd.org/biotrack.
(*) Sistèm enfòmasyon BioTrack Online se yon mekanis kote Gwoup Travay sou Harmonizasyon nan Biotechnologie ak Gwoup Travay pou Sekirite Nouvo Manje ak Feeds rann piblikman rezilta travay yo., espesyalman Dokiman Konsantman/Gid yo ki dekri nan seksyon pi wo yo. BioTrack Online ofri tou yon aksè piblik nan "Baz done pwodwi". Baz done sa a pèmèt ofisyèl regilasyon yo pataje enfòmasyon debaz sou pwodwi transjenik ki sòti nan itilizasyon bioteknoloji modèn (sitou plant rekòt) ak apwouve pou aplikasyon komèsyal an tèm de manje, manje oswa sekirite anviwònman an.