Biosafety/Biosecurity resources

  1. WHO - Laboratory biosecurity guidance

    The safe and secure management of biological materials in laboratory settings is essential to prevent misuse, accidental release and broader public health risks in an evolving global threat landscape. This updated guidance, revising the 2006 framework, presents WHO recommendations on laboratory biosecurity based on a risk- and evidence-based approach to biological risk management across laboratory, institutional and national levels.

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  2. Food an Agricultural Organisation of the United Nation (FAO)

    Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. 

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  3. Quiz on the culture of biosafety, biosecurity, and responsible conduct in the life sciences

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  4. EU Regulation726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency

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  5. EU Directive 2004/23 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells

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  6. Council Decision 2002/628 concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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  7. EU Regulation 1946/2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms

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  8. EU Directive 2019/1833 amending Annexes I, III, V and VI to Directive 2000/54/EC

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  9. EU Directive 2000/54 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work

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