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FP6 - FOOD - 2003 - 7158
Co-EXTRA - GM and non-GM supply chains : their CO-EXistence and TRAceability
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| Type of Project |
Integrated Project |
| Contract No |
FP6 - FOOD - 2003 - 7158 |
| Total Cost |
22,140 KEuro |
| EC Contribution |
13,520 KEuro |
| Start Date |
1-4-2005 |
| Duration |
48 Months |
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Abstract
The objective of Co-Extra is to provide all the stakeholders of the food and feed
chains with a central decision-support system integrating the tools, methods, models
and guidelines needed to deal with the imminent arrival of large quantities of GMOs,
further to the lift of the current de facto ban on GMOs in the EU.
Co-Extra will study and validate biological containment methods and model supply chain
organisations and provide practical tools and methods for implementing co-existence.
In parallel, Co-Extra will design and integrate GMO detection tools, develop sampling plans,
and elaborate new techniques to meet the challenges raised by stacked genes and as yet
unapproved or unexamined GMOs. Co-Extra will also study and propose the most appropriate
information structure, content and flow management for ensuring reliable and cost-effective
documentary traceability. All of the methods and tools that will be studied and developed
will be assessed not only from the technical point of view but also with regard to economic
and legal aspects.
In parallel, to promote harmonisation of co-existence and traceability
practices around the world, Co-Extra will survey the GMO-related legal regimes and practices
that exist in and beyond the EU. Stakeholders will be involved in the project from the start
through the dialogue platform, editorial offices, focus groups, national relays, etc.
Co-Extra outcomes will contribute to reinforcing consumers confidence in labelling
claims and therefore EU products at large. By helping economic stakeholders to meet
consumers requirements for reliable choices, Co-Extra will improve European competitiveness.
Co-Extra outcomes will be proposed to standardisation after validation.
Dissemination activities will largely benefit from the strong commitment of the European Network
of GMO Laboratories.
Coordinator
Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), FRANCE
Partners
- Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Argentina
- Centre wallon de recherches agronomiques, Belgium
- Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-Ghent), Belgium
- Eppendorf Array Technologies SA , Belgium
- Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium Hogeschool Gent - Department of Biotechnological Sciences , Belgium
- Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium
- AgroBioInstitute, Bulgaria
- Danish Research Institute of Food Economics, Denmark
- ADRIANT, France
- ARVALIS - Institut du végétal , France
- Centre de recherche sur le droit des sciences et des techniques, équipe de recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Université de Paris I, France
- Centre technique interprofessionnel des oléagineux métropolitains, France
- Groupe d'Intérêt Public - Groupe d'Etude Et de contrôle des Variétés et des Semences , France
- INRA Transfert, France
- Laboratoire de la Direction générale de la concurrence de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes, France
- Bundesinstitut fur Risikkobewertung, Germany
- Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Germany
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung - Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging, Germany
- GeneScan Analytics GmbH, Germany
- Genius - Biotech GmBH, Germany
- Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (represented by the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology), Germany
- University of Applied Sciences / Science Centre Straubing, Germany
- National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece
- Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali - CRPA S.p.A., Italy
- Istituto superiore di sanita, Italy
- University of Parma, Italy
- RIKILT Institute of Food Safety, Netherlands
- Schuttelaar and Partners, Netherlands
- Matforsk AS, Norway
- National Veterinary Institute, Norway
- Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland
- Center Bioengineering Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Slovenia
- Centro de Investigación en Economía y Desarrollo Agroalimentarios, Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
- Agro-ProjektManagement, Switzerland
- Biolytix AG, Switzerland
- Delley Semences et Plantes, Switzerland
- Forschungsinstitut fur biologischen Landbau, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
- LGC Limited, UK
- Lumora Ltd, UK
- Central Science Laboratory, UK
- NIAB, UK
- Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics, UK
- University of Reading, UK
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