Division 1.3 Comparative analysis
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The comparative analysis of composition and agronomic as well as phenotypic characteristics shall constitute, together with the molecular characterisation, the starting point to structure and conduct the risk assessment of a new genetically modified food and feed.
It shall aim at identifying similarities and differences:
- (a)
in composition, agronomic performance and phenotypic characteristics (intended and unintended alterations) between the genetically modified plant and its conventional counterpart;
- (b)
in composition between the genetically modified food and feed and its conventional counterpart.
Where no appropriate conventional counterpart can be identified, a comparative safety assessment cannot be made and consequently a safety and nutritional assessment of the genetically modified food or feed shall be carried out as for novel foods falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf1 that do not have conventional counterparts (such as where the genetically modified food or feed is not closely related to a food or feed with a history of safe use or where a specific trait or specific traits are introduced with the intention of bringing complex changes in the composition of the genetically modified food or feed).
- 1.3.1Choice of the conventional counterpart and additional comparators
- 1.3.2Experimental design and statistical analysis of data from field trials for comparative analysis
- 1.3.3Selection of material and compounds for analysis
- 1.3.4Comparative analysis of composition
- 1.3.5Comparative analysis of agronomic and phenotypic characteristics
- 1.3.6Effects of processing
- 1.3.7Conclusion