Options to Reform the European Union Legislation on GMOs: Risk Governance

Dennis Eriksson; René Custers; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Sven Ove Hansson; Kai Purnhagen; Matin Qaim; Jörg Romeis; Joachim Schiemann; Stephan Schleissing; Jale Tosun; Richard G F Visser

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.12.016

Options to Reform the European Union Legislation on GMOs: Risk Governance

Trends Biotechnol. 2020 Apr;38(4):349-351. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.12.016. Epub 2020 Feb 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23053 Alnarp, Sweden. Electronic address: dennis.eriksson@slu.se.
² VIB, Rijvisschestraat 120, Ghent BE-9052, Belgium.
³ Division of Philosophy, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Philosophy, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁵ Law Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706, KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Law School, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Burg. Oudlaan, 50 3062, PA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen, Germany.
⁷ Research Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany.
⁹ Institute of Technology - Theology - Natural Sciences at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539 München, Germany.
¹⁰ Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Strasse 58, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
¹¹ Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 386, 6700AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 32171418
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.12.016

Abstract

Here, we discuss options to reform the EU genetically modified organism (GMO) regulatory framework, to make risk assessment and decision-making more consistent with scientific principles, and to lay the groundwork for international coherence. We discussed the scope and definitions in a previous article and, thus, here we focus on the procedures for risk assessment and risk management.

Keywords: EU; GMO; legislative reform; risk assessment; risk management.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Agriculture / legislation & jurisprudence*
Animals
Biotechnology / legislation & jurisprudence*
Environment
European Union
Food, Genetically Modified
Government Regulation
Humans
Organisms, Genetically Modified*
Plants
Risk Assessment / legislation & jurisprudence
Risk Management / legislation & jurisprudence