The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
VKM carries out risk assessments for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the Norwegian Environment Agency.
Latest reports
Biodiversity
Litterature review: How to assess interactions between non-native species
Key message: Risk assessments should to a greater extent account for how multiple non-native species interact with each other and the cumulative impacts they have on the ecosystems they establish themselves in. Such cumulative effects may alter ecosystems more rapidly and profoundly than what becomes evident when species are assessed individually.
Genetically Modified Organisms
No hazards identified in a field trial with late blight-resistant potato
Key message: The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) has performed a health and environmental risk assessment of a genetically modified (GM) late blight resistant potato for use in a field trial. We have assessed whether the potato could pose a risk to the environment, animals, or humans, and did not identify any hazards.
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CHANGE
VKM leads the Collaboration to Harmonise the Assessment of Next Generation Evidence (CHANGE).