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  GM Links Wednesday, November 19, 2008  

Government GM web sites 

SEERAD GM Web Site (Scottish Executive Environment, and Rural Affairs Department)

Defra GM web site (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

CSL GM Inspectorate (the English GM Inspectorate at Central Science Laboratories, York)

Advisory committees

Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) 

Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification (ACGM)

ACGM Compendium of Guidance.

Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology commission (AEBC).

Human Genetics Commission (HGC)

Other public bodies/Agencies

Food Standards Agency, Scotland (FSA)

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Legislation

Directive 2001/18/EC (the European directive covering GM releases to the environment)

The Environmental Protection Act (1990)

The Genetically Modified organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000

The Genetically Modified (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002

International bodies

ENGL (European Network of GM Laboratories)

ISTA GMO Proficiency Tests (International Seed Testing Association)

GM Dialogue

GM Science Review

GM Public Debate

Weighing up the Costs and Benefits of GM crops (Prime Ministers Strategy Unit)
Scottish Executive website Scottish Parliament website
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