Glossary of the food sector

Game processing center

Establishment where game and its meat are prepared for placing on the market.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I

Generation

All plants belonging to the same lineage stage.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(21)

Genetically modified feed

Feed containing, consisting of, or produced from GMOs.

—Source: Regulation (EC) 1829/2003, Art. 2(7)

Genetically modified foods

Foods containing, consisting of, or produced from GMOs.

—Source: Regulation (EC) 1829/2003, Art. 2(6)

Genetically modified organism (GMO)

An organism, other than a human being, in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination.

For the purposes of this definition:

a) a genetic modification is achieved at least through the use of the techniques listed in Annex IA, Part 1;

b) the techniques listed in Annex IA, Part 2 are not considered to result in genetic modification;

— Source: Directive 2001/18/EC, Art. 2(2)

Organism as defined in Article 2, point 2, of Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding organisms obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex IA, Part 1 of Directive 2001/18/EC.

— Source: Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, Art. 2(5)

Genetically modified organisms

Organisms in which the genetic material has been altered, within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 1107/2009, Art. 3(16)

Germinal material

Semen, oocytes, and embryos intended for artificial reproduction — hatching eggs.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Art. 4(28)

Get ready

Mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances intended for use as plant protection products or adjuvants.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 1107/2009, Art. 3(3)

Global Migration Limit (GML)

Maximum permitted amount of non-volatile substances released from a material or article into food simulants.

—Source: Reg. (EU) 10/2011, Art. 3(11)

GMO intended for animal feed

GMOs that can be used as feed or as a source material for the production of feed.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 1829/2003, Art. 2(9)

GMO intended for human consumption

GMO that can be used as food or as a source material for food production.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 1829/2003, Art. 2(8)

Good Agricultural Practice (GAP)

Safe use of plant protection products recommended, authorized, or registered at national level, under field conditions, at all stages of production, storage, transport, distribution, and processing of food and feed products; this also involves the application, in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, of ​​the principles of integrated pest management in a given climate zone, as well as the use of minimum levels of pesticides and the setting of MRLs/temporary MRLs at the lowest level that achieves the desired effect.

— Source: Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, Art. 3(2)(a)

Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) criticism

The GAP, which, when more than one GAP exists for an active substance/product combination, results in the highest acceptable level of pesticide residues in a treated crop and forms the basis for setting the MRL.

— Source: Reg. (EC) 396/2005, Art. 3(2)(b)

Good experimental practice

Practice compliant with the provisions of Guidelines 181 and 152 of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO).

—Source: Reg. (EU) 1107/2009, Art. 3(20)

Good laboratory practice

Practice defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the approximation of laws, regulations, and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 1107/2009, Art. 3(19)