Reports, advice, publications
ACRE provides advice to ministers, and publishes an annual report on its work. ACRE sub-groups may also publish reports on their work, and these are detailed on the individual sub-group pages.
Annual Report
We only retain the current and previous annual reports on the website – if you need older versions please contact the ACRE Secretariat.
Advice to ministers
See Defra’s GM Regulation pages for details of consents granted, UK opinions on EU cases etc.
2013
- Advice published on gene therapy trials to improve calcium ion transport in heart failure patients (March 2013) (published 25 March 2013)
- Report from ACRE’s Post-market Environmental Monitoring Sub-group published: Post-market Environmental Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops (March 2013)(published 12 March 2013)
- Advice on imports and processing of GM crops submitted under regulation EC 1829/2003. Genetically modified crops that have a limited potential to grow and flower outside of agricultural conditions in the UK (MON 87705 soybean and MON 87460 maize – February 2013) (published 18 February 2013)
- Advice on a GM prostate cancer vaccine research trial (January 2013)(published 15 January 2013)
2012
- Advice on a GM HIV vaccine research trial (December 2012)(published 6 December 2012)
- Advice on a GM prostate cancer vaccine research trial (December 2012) (published 6 December 2012)
- Advice on imports and processing of GM crops submitted under regulation EC 1829/2003. Genetically modified crops that have a limited potential to grow and flower outside of agricultural conditions in the UK (MIR162 maize – July 2012) (published 31 July 2012)
- Advice on imports and processing of GM crops submitted under regulation EC 1829/2003. Genetically modified crops that have a limited potential to grow and flower outside of agricultural conditions in the UK (MON87701 x MON89788 soybean – April 2012) (published 27 April 2012)
- Advice on a GM prostate cancer vaccine research trial (December 2011) (published 5 January 2012)
2011
- Advice on imports and processing of GM crop submitted under regulation EC 1829/2003. Genetically modified crops that have a limited potential to grow and flower outside of agricultural conditions in the UK (MON40-3-2, A5547-127, MON87701 and 356043 soybeans – Jan to Aug 2011) (published 31 October 2011)
- Advice on a GM wheat research trial (September 2011) (published 16 September 2011)
- Advice on a plant breeding technique involving oligo-directed mutagensis: RTDS™ (March 2011) (published 28 June 2011)
- Advice on a GM typhoid vaccine research trial (March 2011)
- Advice published on food and feed notifications submitted under Regulation (EC)1829/2003. General advice on notifications for import and processing of GM crops that are unable to grow under UK conditions (March 2011)
- Report published on ACRE information-gathering workshop on GM insects (March 2011)
2010
- Advice on an application for deliberate release of a potato genetically modified for resistance to potato late blight – Sainsbury Laboratory ref. 10/R29/01 May 2010 (published 21 May 2010)
- Advice on an application for deliberate release of a potato genetically modified for resistance to potato cyst nematodes-University of Leeds ref. 09/R31/01 March 2010 (published 29 March 2010)
- Advice on a notification for marketing of a carnation genetically modified for petal colour and herbicide tolerance, line IFD-25958-3 – Florigene Ltd ref. C/NL/09/01 December 2009 (published 29 March 2010)
- Advice on a notification for marketing of a carnation genetically modified for petal colour and herbicide tolerance, line IFD-26407-2 – Florigene Ltd ref. C/NL/09/02 December 2009 (published 29 March 2010)
- Advice on a notification for marketing of a carnation genetically modified for petal colour and herbicide tolerance, line Florigene Moonshadow – Florigene Ltd ref. C/NL/97/13-1363A December 2009 (published 29 March 2010)
Earlier publications are available on the ACRE pages of the National Archive website.