Testing for genetically modified organisms (GMOs): Past, present and future perspectives.
This paper presents an overview of GMO testing methodologies and how these have evolved and may evolve in the next decade. Challenges and limitations for the application of the test methods as well as to the interpretation of results produced with the methods are highlighted and discussed, bearing in mind the various interests and competences of the involved stakeholders. To better understand the suitability and limitations of detection methodologies the evolution of transformation processes for creation of GMOs is briefly reviewed.
Holst-Jensen
Arne
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Department of Feed and Food Safety, National Veterinary Institute, Ullevaalsveien 68, P.O. Box 750 Sentrum, 0106 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: arne.holst-jensen@vetinst.no.
D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction