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The Biosafety Advisory Council (BAC) is one of the two pillars (with the Service Biosafety and Biotechnology - SBB) of the scientific evaluation system that has been set up in Belgium to advise the Federal and Regional competent authorities about the biosafety of activities involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and/or pathogens.
 
The Council is composed of 12 effective and 12 substitute members designated by the different Regional and Federal competent authorities. It is assisted in its scientific work by external experts from academic institutions and by the SBB. The secretariat of the Council is ensured by the SBB.


The Council advises the authorities for all regulatory dossiers related to the deliberate release of GMOs in the environment or the placing on the market of GMOs and GMO-based products. The Council can be consulted by the Regions for contained activities involving GMOs and/or pathogens (i.e. activities taking place in laboratories, greenhouses, animal husbandries, production plants or hospital rooms).

Latest news

Advice on dossier B/BE/23/V1​: Field trial (INARI Agriculture N.V.) involving GM maize with reduced height
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-NL-2017-140 (genetically modified maize MON 87419) from Monsanto intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-DE-2016-137 (genetically modified maize GA21 x T25) from Syngenta intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-RX-022 (genetically modified soybean MON 87701 x MON 89788) from Bayer intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-RX-021 (genetically modified soybean MON 87701) from Bayer intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-NL-2020-170 (genetically modified maize MON 95379) from Bayer intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-RX-023 (genetically modified soybean 40-3-2) from Bayer intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-RX-019 (genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 x 3006-210-23) from Corteva intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-NL-2020-171 (genetically modified maize DP4144 x MON 89034 x MON 87411 x DAS-40278-9) from Pioneer intended for import and processing, food and feed
Advice on application EFSA-GMO-NL-2019-161 (genetically modified maize MON 87429) from Bayer intended for import and processing, food and feed