4. Agencies responsible for assessing the health risks of GMOs

4.1 At the national level

To my knowledge, France was the first country to establish a commission tasked with assessing the risks of GMOs in general and genetically modified plants in particular: the Commission on Biotechnology (CGB). Established in 1986, it recently celebrated its 20th anniversary . Initially under the sole authority of the Ministry of Agriculture, it was later placed under the joint authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of the Environment. For a long time, it was the sole body responsible...