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In the Netherlands, any person or institution intending to perform genetic modifications needs to have licenses of the Royal Order on Genetic Modified Organisms (which is called ‘Besluit GGO’ in Dutch), Regulation Genetic Modified Organisms (‘Regeling GGO’) and environmental legislation as the Law on Environmental Management (‘Wet Milieubeheer’). Food related genetic modifications and border crossing transport of genetic modified (micro-)organisms are also regulated by European legislation.
The Royal Order on Genetic Modified Organisms is mainly about the classification of the organisms, in which consideration is taken about modification of the genomes.
In accordance with the requirements of the Regulation Genetic Modified Organisms, the institution that houses our team has ascribed a safety officer. This person has introduced every team member to the lab by giving us a “safety tour.” Therein, we came across all the rules and information we should regard: biological waste, disinfection of the lab bench, how to dress in the lab, the way of acting in case of an emergency and more. Wageningen UR also has ascribed a biosafety officer which, next to performing other tasks, sees to any genetic modification related research is being executed according to the rules involved.
The Law on Environmental Management notes especially the actions that should be taken in case the environment gets into contact with genetic modified organisms. These actions are stated generally. If this occasion would appear, it is expected from us we are responsible to do everything in our ability to solve the problem. This means we should inform the biosafety officer, which then again will inform the license holder, that informs our Minister and environmental agencies.
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