Food Allergy Scientists to Assess Potential for Sensitivities to Genetically Modified Foods

National Institute of, Environmental Health SciencesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, September 17, 2001Press contacts, NIEHS:

Experts in food allergy, genetically modified crops, other scientists, physicians and government regulators will meet for a workshop, "Assessment of the Allergenic Potential of Genetically Modified Foods," sponsored by five federal agencies at the Durham Marriott at the Civic Center, Durham, N.C., Sept. 24-26.

The press and public may attend as observers to the degree space permits. The agenda and registration forms are at http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/Liason/GMFoodPg.html.

Organized by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which is one of the institutes of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Toxicology Program, which is headquartered at NIEHS, the workshop is also sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development; the NIH's Office of Rare Diseases, and the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Nutrition.

On site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, with opening addresses outlining the issues at 8:45 a.m.