in Italy (http://gmo-crl.jrc.it). The Gipsa companies only under strict confidentiality Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards agreements. In this context, nowadays, certi- Administration (GIPSA) of the U.S. fied reference material (CRM) is only avail- Department of Agriculture (USDA) and able for the following GMOs: GTS40-3-2, Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in Meat Products by PCR 513 356043 and 305423 soybean, Bt11 event protocol based on highly sensitive PCR 176, CBH-351, GA21, NK-603, MON810 methodologies. MON863xMON810, 1507, 3272, MIR604, 59122 maize lines, EH92-527-1 potato, 281- High Throughput Detection. 24-236 x 3006-210-23 cotton seed, and H7-1 sugar beet (http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa. The methodology for reliable GMO detec-
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