Programme GM Meeting Belfast
GM Animal Feed: safety implications for the food chain
GM Science Review - Open Meeting
11 March 2003 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Agriculture and Food Science Centre, Belfast
Programme
Each speaker will present for 10 minutes and then be questioned for a further 10 minutes by
representatives of the Science Review Panel.
Presentations from speakers
The manipulation of nutritional properties of animal feed and the effects of food processing on DNA
Professor Michael Forbes
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
Animal digestion and tracing of DNA fragments in animal products
Professor David Beever
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading
The fate of GM feed DNA fragments in animals
Prof Ralf Einspanier
Institute of Physiology, Technical University of Munich
Future GM crops, focusing on animal vaccines delivered by GM crops
Dr Colin Fleming
Department of Applied Plant Science, Queen's University of Belfast
Further questions from the Science Review Panel
Open floor discussion
A written summary and verbatim transcript will be published on the GM Science Review
website – www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk
GM Science Review - Open Meeting
11 March 2003 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Agriculture and Food Science Centre, Belfast
Programme
Each speaker will present for 10 minutes and then be questioned for a further 10 minutes by
representatives of the Science Review Panel.
Presentations from speakers
The manipulation of nutritional properties of animal feed and the effects of food processing on DNA
Professor Michael Forbes
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
Animal digestion and tracing of DNA fragments in animal products
Professor David Beever
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading
The fate of GM feed DNA fragments in animals
Prof Ralf Einspanier
Institute of Physiology, Technical University of Munich
Future GM crops, focusing on animal vaccines delivered by GM crops
Dr Colin Fleming
Department of Applied Plant Science, Queen's University of Belfast
Further questions from the Science Review Panel
Open floor discussion
A written summary and verbatim transcript will be published on the GM Science Review
website – www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk
