GM Team
The GM Team provide advice and technical support to Scottish Government colleagues and participates in UK committees on experimental deliberate release and contained use of GMOs (SACGM and ACRE). They also administer and provide assessors for applications for the Contained Use of GMOs in Scotland. They provide analytical testing to support enforcement activities, and also strategic development and improvement of molecular methods for use in GMO testing.
GM Inspectorate
Scottish Government GM inspectors are appointed under Part VI of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
For details of the GM legislation that inspectors work to see the GM Regulatory Framework page.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is authorised by Defra to carry out equivalent inspection and enforcement services in England. SASA liaises closely with the GM Inspectorate in APHA, particularly in sharing information about seed material that crosses borders for production or marketing, and incidents that are common to both England and Scotland. Northern Ireland and Wales have separate arrangements.
SASA