The JRC, in the context of the European GMOval project, coordinated three inter-laboratory studies for the validation of qualitative methods suitable for screening for the presence of GMOs. The results are presented together with the acceptance parameters used during the in-house validation, the method transferability study and the inter-laboratory validation.
With the growing number of GMOs introduced into the market, official testing laboratories see their workload and costs increase significantly. In a period of economic uncertainty, control laboratories face difficulties to cope with this increasing workload and complexity, thus they need cost-effective, reliable, fast and reproducible testing strategies.
Further information: Towards a streamlined GMO analysis approach