Table 1 GMO databases

Biosafety Clearing House (BCH)

http://bch.cbd.int/database/lmo-registry/ [25]

OECD unique identification, event, organism (food, feed), gene, trait, decision, risk assessment, country approval (world-wide)

EUginius GMO database

http://www.euginius.eu [9]

OECD unique identification, event, organism (food, feed), gene, trait, decision, risk assessment, methods, amplicon sequences, event sequences, country approval (EU, in the near future world-wide), analysis tool

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

http://www.fao.org/food/food-safety-quality/gm-foods-platform [26]

OECD unique identifier, commodity (foods), trait, country approval (world-wide); restricted to approved GM food

GM crops database (GenBit)

https://www.genbitgroup.com/en/gmo/gmodatabase/ [27]

Gene, events, trait, crop, country approval (RUS, EU)

GMO Detection Method Database (GMDD) of Shanghai University

http://gmdd.sjtu.edu.cn/ [28]

Methods, gene, events, trait, sequences, country approval (world-wide)

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/ [29]

OECD unique identifier, event, gene, trait, crop, developer, country approval (world wide)

Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC) GMO Methods database

http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/gmomethods [7]

Methods, gene, events (link to BCH), amplicon sequences, country approval (EU)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) BioTrack Product Database

http://www2.oecd.org/biotech [30]

OECD unique identifier, organism, trait, gene, first country approval (world-wide), only products approved for food, feed or environment