Countries need assistance and guidance to conduct a risk assessment of living modified organisms (LMOs) notified for import, according to biosafety experts.
The Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on risk assessment under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which convened from 15-18 November 2005, in Rome, Italy, concluded that international guidelines and academic research is lacking […]
Countries need assistance and guidance to conduct a risk assessment of living modified organisms (LMOs) notified for import, according to biosafety experts.
The Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on risk assessment under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which convened from 15-18 November 2005, in Rome, Italy, concluded that international guidelines and academic research is lacking regarding specific LMOs and types of risk. The Group also noted that the capacity to conduct a risk assessment is linked to the level of development of the country in question. The report of the meeting will be submitted to the third meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, to be held in March 2006, in Curitiba, Brazil. The risk assessment process, set out in Annex III of the Protocol, is used by Parties to make informed decisions regarding the import of LMOs.
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