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Food, Farming, Fisheries
Food Safety

Post-authorisation

GMOs are authorised only if considered safe for human and animal health and the environment. Post-authorisation activities are put in place by different parties.

Detection methods
An application for authorising a GM food or feed must include methods for its detection, identification and quantification.
EU countries' controls
Based on the relevant EU legislation on GMOs, Regulation (EC) 882/2004, and Regulation (EU) 2017/625, it is the obligation of the EU countries to...
Technical zero
Harmonised methods of sampling and analysis for the official controls performed by EU countries are established and a 'technical zero' for detection...