Quarterly activities report for January March 2018 – The quarterly activities include details of monitoring and compliance activities by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) during the quarter. Monitoring of GMO Dealings involving Intentional Release (DIR) During the quarter the OGTR inspected eight GM plant field trial sites (Table 1). The inspections comprised: Current field trial sites Of the 38 sites current in the quarter, three were inspected. As – these three sites in Deniliquin had never been visited before by OGTR they were selected for routine announced inspections to assess compliance with licence conditions. Post-harvest field trial sites Of the 63 sites subject to post-harvest monitoring in the – quarter, five were inspected. The sites in Horsham and Ararat were selected for routine announced inspections due to the fact that they had not been previously inspected. The one site in Indigo was selected due to its proximity to sites already selected for inspection and had also not been visited before by the OGTR. Table 1 Summary of inspection activities of GM crop field trials for the Jan Mar 2018 – – quarter. Licence holder Licence GM Crop Site location Number (crop status1) Go Resources Pty Ltd DIR-131 Safflower Indigo (1P) Deniliquin (3C) Nuseed Australia Pty Ltd DIR-123 Canola Horsham (2P) Ararat (2P) 1C = current site, P = post-harvest site Monitoring of GMO Dealings Not involving Intentional Release (DNIR), certified facilities and DIR clinical trials During the quarter OGTR inspected four organisations holding certified facilities (Table 2) and one undertaking DNIR licences (Table 3). Table 2 Summary of organisations and facility types that the OGTR inspected for the Jan – – Mar 2018 quarter. Organisation Physical Containment Number of facilities (PC) level monitored The University of Sydney PC2 Animal Facility 2 PC2 Laboratory 1 CSIRO Australian Animal Health PC4 Facility 2 Laboratory PC3 Invertebrate 1
Quarterly activities report for January – March 2018 The quarterly activities include details of monitoring and compliance activities by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) during the quarter. Monitoring of GMO Dealings involving Intentional Release (DIR) During the quarter the OGTR inspected eight GM plant field trial sites (Table 1). The inspections comprised: Current field trial sites – Of the 38 sites current in the quarter, three were inspected. As these three sites in Deniliquin had never been visited before by OGTR they were selected for routine announced inspections to assess compliance with licence conditions. Post-harvest field trial sites – Of the 63 sites subject to post-harvest monitoring in the quarter, five were inspected. The sites in Horsham and Ararat were selected for routine announced inspections due to the fact that they had not been previously inspected. The one site in Indigo was selected due to its proximity to sites already selected for inspection and had also not been visited before by the OGTR. Table 1 – Summary of inspection activities of GM crop field trials for the Jan – Mar 2018 quarter. Licence holder Licence Number GM Crop Site location (crop status1) Go Resources Pty Ltd DIR-131 Safflower Indigo (1P) Deniliquin (3C) Nuseed Australia Pty Ltd DIR-123 Canola Horsham (2P) Ararat (2P) 1C = current site, P = post-harvest site Monitoring of GMO Dealings Not involving Intentional Release (DNIR), certified facilities and DIR clinical trials During the quarter OGTR inspected four organisations holding certified facilities (Table 2) and one undertaking DNIR licences (Table 3). Table 2 – Summary of organisations and facility types that the OGTR inspected for the Jan – Mar 2018 quarter. Organisation Physical Containment (PC) level Number of facilities monitored The University of Sydney PC2 Animal Facility PC2 Laboratory 2 1 CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory PC4 Facility PC3 Invertebrate 2 1
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