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The home of Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment on GOV.UK. We give statutory advice to ministers on the risks to human health and the environment from the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Details of our members, terms of membership, meetings and framework agreement.
This guidance is to assist researchers and developers to understand whether the plants they wish to grow outside in research trials can be notified and grown as qualifying higher plants.
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment)…
Advice of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment to the…
The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment advises government on requests for permission to release genetically modified organisms (GMO) into the environment.
ACRE's advice on applications to market GM soybeans and maize.
Seeking views on the triennial reviews of the Science Advisory Council and the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This report from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's questions the current definition of genetically modified organisms.
ACRE's advice on an application to grow genetically modified brassica for research purposes.
ACRE’s advice on an application from Sanofi Pasteur Inc. to carry out a vaccine trial using genetically modified Respiratory Syncytial Virus.
The advice of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment on the implications of the Hixson et al (2016) study.
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report, including details of the committee's work and membership during 2016.
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report, including details of the committee's work and membership during 2022.
ACRE's advice on an application to investigate the role of Salmonella Typhi bacteria in the development of typhoid fever in humans.
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report, including details of the committee's work and membership during 2014.
ACRE's advice on an application to trial a GM vaccine against typhoid and enterotoxigenic E.coli
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report, including details of the committee's work and membership during 2018.
The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report details the committee's work and membership during 2017.
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report, including details of the committee's work and membership during 2019.
Advice from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment on designing processes for monitoring genetically modified organisms.
The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment's annual report, including the committee's work and membership during 2012.
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