1. FOODS FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Wilna Jansen v Rijssen
Food Control
Department of Health
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2. FOODS FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Department of Health
Cluster: Pharmaceutical: Policy and Planning
Food Control
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3. LEGISLATION Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997 (Act 15 of 1997)
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4. GMO ACT Department of Agriculture Executive Council for GMOs
DoA, DACST, DEAT, DoH, Do, DTI
Advisory Committee - experts
25/04/2019

5. FOOD FROM GMO GMO – maize kernels
Not a GMO but obtained from GMO and containing GM-material– maize meal
Not a GMO but obtained from GMO and not containing GMO material – glucose
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6. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Food industry (processed foods) Consumers
LEGISLATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Food industry
(processed foods)
Consumers
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7. Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972)
LEGISLATION
Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972)
Food safety
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8. FCD ACT Department of Health Directorate: Food Control Group: GMO food
4 professionals
5 Masters degrees (Biotechnology/Microbiology/
Plantbiochemistry/Toxicology and Nutrition)
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9. FCD ACT Group: GMO food Confidentiality clearance Ethical Boards
Pharmacy Council
SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions
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10. FCD ACT Roles, Functions and responsibilities of Group GMO food
GMO - Food Safety
GMO – Food Labelling
GMO –Food Communicate
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11. FCD ACT/GMO ACT FOOD SAFETY
Roles, Functions and responsibilities of Group GMO food
Verify compliance of applications with SA legislation and policies, international standards and guidelines
Risk assessments
Write reports
Advise the Director: Food Control
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12. Director: Food Control
FCD ACT / GMO ACT
Dept of Health
Director: Food Control
Dept of Agriculture
Exec Council for GMOs
25/04/2019

13. FOOD SAFETY Authorities Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO)
Organization for Economic and Social Development ( OECD ) 22+ countries
International Life Sciences (ILSI)
Others
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14. FOOD SAFETY Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO)
International Food Safety Standards and Guidelines based on science
Facilitate trade
World Trade Organization
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15. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
General Principles for the Risk Analysis of Foods derived from Modern Biotechnology
Guidelines for the conduct of safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants
Micro-0rganisms (in preparation)
( fish)
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16. FOOD SAFETY FCD Act Policy Guidelines for toxicological assessments
OECD Guidelines for tests
Chemicals (pesticides)
Microbial pest control agents
Botanical pest control agents (prep)
GMO-foods based on CODEX (new)
website
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17. RISK ANALYSIS CODEX ALIMENTARIUS Risk Assessment Risk Management
Risk Communication
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18. RISK = HAZARD X EXPOSURE
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
RISK = HAZARD X EXPOSURE
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19. GMO – SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Case – by – case
Expressed substances (non-nucleic acid substances)
Compositional analysis of key components
Evaluation of metabolites
Food processing
Nutritional modification
others
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20. GMO RISK MANAGEMENT Legislation Policies Executive Council for GMO
Implementation
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21. GMO RISK MANAGEMENT Policies - DOH
Codex Alimentarius standards and guidelines
Departmental Guidelines for chemicals/pesticides
Full assessments of GMO and products
Full assessment of GMOs for food and for feed
Antibiotic resistant genes – phased out
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22. CODEX Q&A
What overarching scientific principles should be applied to the safety and nutritional assessment?
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23. CODEX Q&A Substantial equivalence? … Concept not a method
Well established component of Risk Assessment
No alternative strategies to provide a better assurance.
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24. CODEX Q&A Long-term effects?
Pre-marketing safety assessment and methodology used are adequate to detect and evaluate any possible long-term effects.
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25. CODEX Q&A Potential allergenicity?
Assessment of potential allergenicity to be conducted in all cases
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26. CODEX Q&A
Risks arising from the use of antibiotic resistance marker genes in plants and micro-org?
Subject to standard safety assessment as for any other introduced gene product
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27. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Gene transfer from plants and their food products to gut organisms or human cells only a rare possibility
Alternative transformation technologies encouraged
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28. FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL: Dr Jacques Diouf, Manilla, 7 December 1999
“We have no problem with GMOs as long as they are proven to be safe to human beings and have no negative impact on the environment”
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29. EUROPEAN UNION 9 OCTOBER 2001
81 research projects financed by the EU over the last 15 years, at a cost of $64 million on GM crops and products made from. Research has not found “any new risks to human health or the environment beyond the usual uncertainties of conventional plant breeding”
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30. EUROPEAN UNION 9 OCTOBER 2001
Research has not found “any new risks to human health or the environment beyond the usual uncertainties of conventional plant breeding”
“Indeed, the use of more precise technology and greater regulatory scrutiny probably make them even safer than conventional plants and food”
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31. COMMUNICATION: FCD ACT
LABELLING REGULATIONS
A label not a warning but only a method to convey information and to provide a choice.
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32. CONSULTATIONS Total 35 Port Folio: 3
Interviews: radio, TV, journals, telephone, others
Conferences: 4
Groups: 9
Workshop#1 (71 representatives)
Workshops#2 #3 #4
(food industry)
Workshop: comments
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33. CONSULTATIONS FLAG sub committee FOOD LEGISLATION ADVISORY GROUP
5 MEETING
FLAG sub committee
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34. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
Framework
Codex Definitions
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35. DRAFT LABELLING REGULATIONS
Mandate from the Minister
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36. DRAFT LABELLING REGULATIONS
Mandatory – nutritional and natural toxin changes / allergens / genes from animals or humans
Voluntary – Improved / enhanced characteristics
Voluntary – Non-genetically modified
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37. FOOD FROM GMO GMO – maize kernels
Not a GMO but obtained from GMO and containing GM-genetic material – maize meal
Not a GMO but obtained from GMO and not containing GMO material – glucose
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38. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS LABELLING
PRINCIPLES
“ No food should be described or presented in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character in any respect”.
Must substantiate a claim
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39. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS LABELLING
PROHIBITED CLAIMS
are e.g. those that
cannot be substantiated
could give rise to doubt about the safety, or
exploit fear in the consumer.
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40. SA Labelling Regulation
MISLEADING
Analytical Methods are NOT RELIABLE
Few Methods validated
No statistically acceptable sampling methods
Paper trailing not reliable
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41. LABELLING COST Verification expensive
products of soybeans and maize only
Increase in price with 8 to 18% (Australia)
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42. SA LABELLING Regulation
CHOICE
PRICE
Small percentage consumers read the detail on labels
Choice could decrease with increasing production /manufacturing of GM-food
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43. SA LABELLING Regulation
NON –GM Food
Identity preservation system
(Segregation)
Export channel
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44. SA LABELLING Regulation
Recommendations
SABS Code of Practice: IPS
Guidelines
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