Proposed criteria for the evaluation of the scientific quality of mandatory rat and mouse feeding trials with whole food/feed derived from genetically modified plants

Kerstin Schmidt; Janine Döhring; Christian Kohl; Maria Pla; Esther J Kok; Debora C M Glandorf; René Custers; Hilko van der Voet; Jutta Sharbati; Ralf Einspanier; Dagmar Zeljenková; Jana Tulinská; Armin Spök; Clare Alison; Dieter Schrenk; Annette Pöting; Ralf Wilhelm; Joachim Schiemann; Pablo Steinberg

doi:10.1007/s00204-016-1762-3

Proposed criteria for the evaluation of the scientific quality of mandatory rat and mouse feeding trials with whole food/feed derived from genetically modified plants

Arch Toxicol. 2016 Sep;90(9):2287-2291. doi: 10.1007/s00204-016-1762-3. Epub 2016 Jun 21.

Authors

Kerstin Schmidt¹, Janine Döhring², Christian Kohl³, Maria Pla⁴, Esther J Kok⁵, Debora C M Glandorf⁶, René Custers⁷, Hilko van der Voet⁸, Jutta Sharbati⁹, Ralf Einspanier⁹, Dagmar Zeljenková¹⁰, Jana Tulinská¹⁰, Armin Spök¹¹, Clare Alison¹², Dieter Schrenk¹³, Annette Pöting¹⁴, Ralf Wilhelm³, Joachim Schiemann³, Pablo Steinberg²

Affiliations

¹ BioMath GmbH, Schnickmannstr. 4, 18055, Rostock, Germany. kerstin.schmidt@biomath.de.
² Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173, Hannover, Germany.
³ Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany.
⁴ Edifici EPS1, Universitat de Girona (UDG), Campus Montilivi, 17071, Girona, Spain.
⁵ RIKILT Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ GMO Office, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment/Centre for Safety of Substances and Products, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
⁷ VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology), Rijvisschestraat 120, 9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium.
⁸ Wageningen University and Research Centre, Biometris, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁹ Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 83303, Bratislava, Slovakia.
¹¹ Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt | Wien Graz, Schlögelgasse 2, 8010, Graz, Austria.
¹² Roger Alison Ltd., Lampeter, SA48 8RN, UK.
¹³ Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
¹⁴ Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animal Feed / toxicity*
Animals
Behavior, Animal*
Eating*
Food Safety*
Food, Genetically Modified / toxicity*
Humans
Mice
Plants, Genetically Modified / toxicity*
Quality Control
Rats
Risk Assessment
Time Factors
Toxicity Tests, Chronic / standards*