Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS)
The Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS) is a voluntary expert panel responsible for evaluating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with regard to the potential risks posed to humans, animals and the environment and delivering opinions on this matter.
The ZKBS was launched in February 1978 with the Directives on protection against damage from nucleic acids which have been recombined in vitro. This was finally institutionalised in law by the Genetic Engineering Act, which came into force in 1990.