The International Life Sciences Institute's (ILSI) International Food Biotechnology Committee (IFBiC) and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute's (HESI) Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee (PATC) co-hosted a symposium for representatives from organizations within North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries responsible for safety assessment of products of agricultural biotechnology. The symposium was a forum for information exchange where science, not advocacy, was the agenda, where you could find out about IFBiC’s and HESI’s biotechnology activities, and where you could discuss key priorities and challenges with regulatory colleagues from across the NAFTA region and top scientists in the field.
Representatives of NAFTA regulatory agencies were invited to present on regional priorities and challenges, and engage in discussion with colleagues from government, industry and academia. In addition, IFBiC and HESI representatives presented overviews on recent work, including the following areas:
Overview: HESI Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee (PATC)
PATC research, workshops, and other activities
Dr. Greg Ladics, Dupont
Evolution of the Allergy Assessment Process
Dr. Gary Bannon, Monsanto
Quantitation of soybean allergens using mass spectrometry
Dr. Jay Thelen, University of Missouri
Overview: ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee (IFBiC)
IFBiC research, workshops, and other activities
Dr. Ray Shillito, Bayer CropScience
Version 4.0 of the ILSI Crop Composition Database
Dr. Rob Alba, Monsanto
Food and feed safety assessment principles to evaluate new applications for agricultural biotechnology
Dr. Wayne Parrott, University of Georgia
Safety assessment of stacked traits
Dr. Natalie Weber, Dupont
ILSI-IFBiC Task Force 10: Mammalian Toxicology Studies for the Safety Evaluation of GM CropsTF
Dr. Daland Juberg, Dow AgroSciences
North American government perspectives
EPA Updates: Proposed Data Requirements for Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)
Dr. John Kough, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
North American government perspectives: Mexico
Dr. Reynaldo Ariel Alvarez Morales, Intersecretarial Commission of Biosafety and Genetically Modified Organisms
Canada’s Perspective on Research Needs for Safety Assessments of the Next Generation of Novel Agricultural Products
Dr. Luc Bourbonniere, Health Canada Evaluation Division
Dr. Marina Steele, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
If you have any further questions, please contact Kate Walker, Scientific Program Manager of the ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee (kwalker@ilsi.org), or Nancy Doerrer, Associate Director, Scientific Program Stewardship, the HESI Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee (ndoerrer@hesiglobal.org).
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