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, ako aj spôsoby zhromažďovania takýchto informácií, sú medzi krajinami čo najviac podobné.
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. K dnešnému dňu, cez 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.
(*) Informačný systém BioTrack Online je mechanizmus, ktorým Pracovná skupina pre harmonizáciu v biotechnológiách a Pracovná skupina pre bezpečnosť nových potravín a krmív verejne sprístupňujú výstupy svojej práce, najmä ich Konsenzuálne/Usmerňovacie dokumenty opísané v častiach vyššie. BioTrack Online ponúka aj verejný prístup k „databáze produktov“. Táto databáza umožňuje regulačným úradníkom zdieľať základné informácie o transgénnych produktoch získaných použitím modernej biotechnológie (hlavne kultúrne rastliny) a schválené na komerčné použitie v oblasti potravín, krmivo alebo bezpečnosť životného prostredia.