DAY 3

Day 3: Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Introduction to Animal Biotechnology Risk Assessment

• • Overview of risk assessment-management framework – Eric Hallerman, Virginia Tech

  • GM food safety assessment and data transportability – Masami Takeuchi, UNFAO. Note also

    • Codex Alimentarius supporting documents

  • What might a risk assessment for a genetically modified food producing animal look like? – Kevin Greenlees, USFDA

  • Environmental release of animals developed via biotechnology – Paulo Andrade, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

  • Risk assessment for theoretical gene drive – Keith Hayes, CSIRO, Australia

Regulatory experiences with GE animals

        Panel: GE fishes: Challenges in the process, environmental issues, food safety issues, lessons learned, prospects.

• • AquaAdvantage salmon: A regulatory odyssey – Ron Stotish, AquaBounty

  • GloFish – Alan Blake, Yorktown Technologies

  • Regulators – (AquAdvantage salmon – Kevin Greenlees, USFDA; Panel on GE fish – Stephen Dugan, Health Canada; Marco Mastellari, Ministry of Agricultural Development, Panama)

        Panel: GE insects, including mosquitos, crop and animal pests, silkworms: Regulatory process, communication with public, lessons learned, prospects.

• • Regulation of insect biotechnologies: an industry perspective – Brad Shurdut, Intrexon Corp.

  • Approach to the introduction of GM silkworms to sericulture farms for recombinant silk production in Japan – Keiko Kadono-Okuda, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

  • Transgenic strains for genetic control of the New World screwworm in Panama – Max Scott, North Carolina State University, US

  • Regulators (APHIS, Brazil)

    • Regulatory Experiences with Genetically Engineered Insects – Alan Pearson, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, APHIS-USDA

          Public perceptions about releasing genetically engineered mosquitoes in the context of Zika virus– Bob Lull, University of Pennsylvania

        Concurrent Sessions

          A.  For regulators: Hypothetical case study: Confined release of cattle resistant to Trypanosome brucei rhodesiense in Kenya – Yanina Petracca, Argentine Ministry of Agroindustry; Ruth Mbabane, Michigan State University

          B.   For Industry and Researchers: Developer and Value-Chain Views of Regulatory Actions to Encourage Innovation in Livestock Genetics

• • Seed Industry Position on Regulation of New Breeding Technologies

  • What do developers and the value chain want from regulatory oversight?

  • Roundtable – Panelists and discussion leaders: Adrianne Massey, BIO; Tad Sonstegard, Recombinetics; Dan Jenkins, Genus; Mark Tizard, CSIRO; Dan Kovich, NPPC; Tim Kurt, FFAR; EFFAB = European branch organization for cooperatives, private companies and national associations in breeding and preproduction – Jan Venneman, EFFAB

          Psychology of food risks – Cara Cuite, Rutgers University