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Traceability of genetically modified organisms

The final decision requires the assignment of a "unique identifier" to each GMO event which is authorised in one or more OECD countries.



see also

Accession number

Accession number (medicine), a unique identifier for an order, used in medical information systems like a LIS or RIS.

BICI

Book Item and Component Identifier, a draft standard of the United States National Information Standards Organization (NISO) that would provide a unique identifier for items or components within a book or publication to which an ISBN has been assigned.

International Standard Number

International Standard Audiovisual Number, a unique identifier for audiovisual works and related versions

ISWN, the abbreviation of International Standard Wine Number, a coding scheme intended to give a unique identifier for each wine worldwide

PUID

PRONOM Unique Identifier, a digital file locator used by The National Archives of the United Kingdom

Traceability of genetically modified organisms

The unique identifier has been integrated in the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and in the European Union legislation on the labelling and traceability of genetically modified organisms (Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003).

Universally unique identifier

A universally unique identifier (UUID) is an identifier standard used in software construction, standardized by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) as part of the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE).