Source: CropBiotech Net

The newly established Black Sea Biotechnology Association (BSB Association) - made up of Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine - has recently established a laboratory network for the analysis and control of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The laboratories will be part of the current network of GMO laboratories in the European Union (EU). In the BSB Association network, products made up of greater than 0.9% GMO should be specially labeled.

Among the main aims of the Association are control and biosafety coordination, as well as monitoring and harmonization of legislation of BSB Association member states with those of the EU.

For more information, contact Irina Roussenova (assistant to the BSB Association) at irina.BSBA@mbox.contact.bg or Nevena Alexandrova of the Bulgaria Biotechnology Information Center (BgBIC) at alexandrova@abi.bg.

The official page of the Association will be operational by the end of 2004 at www.bsba.org.