GM Science Review: Publications

The GM Science Review Panel has concluded its work and published a first and a supplementary second report. These have been formally submitted to: Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Allan Wilson MSP at the Scottish Executive, Carwyn Jones AM at the National Assembly for Wales, and Mrs Angela Smith Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, to help inform government's decision making on GM crops and food.

• Second Report
• First Report
• Opinion on Farm Scale Evaluations

Download the supplementary Second Report*

The Second Report (published on 22 January 2004) can be downloaded in the following sections:

• Contents, Foreword and Executive Summary (35 KB)
• Sections 1-3 (240 KB)
• Section 4 (240 KB)
• Bibliography, Glossary and Annex (180 KB)

Alternatively, if you prefer, you can download the report in a single file:

• Full report (870 KB) (note: this is a relatively large file)

• Erratum to Section 2.2.9, page 19 of Second Report (note - as at 22 March 2004, this change has been incorporated in updated copies of the report available via the links above) (10 KB)

There is also a News Release about the Second Report and Sir David King's letter of 21 January 2004 to Margaret Beckett (80 KB).

Download the First Report *

The report (published on 21 July 2003) can be downloaded in the following sections:

• Contents, Foreword and Executive Summary (100 KB)
• Chapters 1-4 (150 KB)
• Chapter 5 (230 KB)
• Chapter 6 (420 KB)
• Chapter 7 (300 KB)
• Bibliography, Annexes (280 KB)

Alternatively, if you prefer, you can download the report in a single file:

• Full report (1.5 MB) (note: this is a relatively large file)

A separate glossary of scientific and other terms used in the report is also available:

• Glossary (40 KB)

There is also a News Release about the First Report and Sir David King's letter of 21 July 2003 to Margaret Beckett (80 KB). We have published the comments received in response to the First Report.

Science Review Panel opinion on GM Crop Farm Scale Evaluations

On 3 December 2003 the GM Science Review Panel submitted their opinion on the farmscale evaluation results (210 KB) to the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE), before it published its own advice (120 KB) on the implications of these results; it forms Section 3 of the Panel's Second Report.