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Enzymes and the EU Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP)

Three new documents have been uploaded onto our documents section: Labelling and classification

 

Secretariat of Amfep

1 February 2012

Amfep welcomes IOGEN, our 29th member!

We are proud to welcome IOGEN of Canada as our new associated member !

Amfep team

JAN2012

Amfep welcomes Adisseo, our 28 member!

On 12 December 2011 we are very happy to welcome Adisseo as our 28 member!

http://www.adisseo.com/

Amfep Secretariat

New Amfep Website launched

On 24 October 2011, Amfep launched this new public website. It is possible that some links have not (yet) been updated or moved. We apologize for this inconvenience! If you are looking for a specific document or have any other question, please contact the secretariat of Amfep. To keep up to date with latest regulatory updates, join our mailing list, follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook ... or even better, become a member!

Amfep welcomes ORBA and Verenium as our 26th and 27th Members!

On 7 October 2011, Amfep welcomed two new members ORBA (effective OCT2011) and Verenium (effective JAN2012).

Amfep welcomes Abengoa as our 25th member

In June 2011, Amfep welcomes Abengoa Bioenergy as our 25th member! Welcome!

 

Amfep welcomes Takabio as our 24th member

In January 2011, TAKABIO joined Amfep as associated member. Welcome!

 

EFSA GMM Guidance

In the context of the incoming revision of the EFSA GMM guidance, Amfep decided in 2010 in agreement with the EFSA GMO Panel to prepare two "trial dossiers" describing the construction of enzyme-producing microorganisms:

- Bacillus licheniformis producing an α-amylase.
- Aspergillus niger producing an α-amylase

The purpose of this work was to provide input to the GMO Panel working group on GMMs for the revision of the guidance document.

In these hypothetical dossiers, we looked at scenarios that may appear during the development of a genetically modified microorganism of a fungal or