This meeting will address: a proposed draft guideline for the conduct of food safety assessment of foods derived from GM animals; a proposed draft annex to the guideline for the conduct of food safety assessment of foods derived from GM plants, regarding plants modified for nutritional or health benefits; and a discussion paper on sanitary surveillance of foods derived from biotechnology after being placed on the market.  

dates: 27 November-1 December 2006  
location: Chiba, Japan  
contact: Codex Secretariat  
phone: 39-06-5705-1  
fax: 39-06-5705-4593  
e-mail: codex@fao.org  
www: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/report/675/bt06_01e.pdf