Biotechnology genetically modified food

The plant-based production of vaccines is a potentially transformative technology, but the use of a similar technology for agricultural biotechnology has stimulated significant public debate, especially focused on genetically modified foods (GM foods). 

Hollingworth, R.M., Bjeldanes, L.F., Bolger, M., Kimber, I., Meade, B.J., Taylor, S.L. and Wallace, K.B., Society of Toxicology position paper. The safety of genetically modified foods produced through biotechnology. Toxicol. Sci., 71,2, 2003. 

The area of biotechnology or genetically modified foods is an excellent context in which to examine how consumers form perceptions and attitudes toward a new technology (or even toward older technologies such as irradiation) related to food. Both proponents and opponents of biotechnology argue that their goal is to educate consumers so that they can make informed... 

The current methods available for testing food derived from modern biotechnology, e. g. for the content of genetically modified food, provide results in internal, not easily convertible units. This makes compliance with legal limits, which are usually given as mass fractions, difficult or even impossible. In order to improve this unsatisfactory situation, a definition of the measurands and standardization of all details of the evaluation procedure is proposed. Such measures... 

FAO/WHO. 2001. Evaluation of allergenicity of genetically modified foods. Report of a joint FAO/WHO expert consultation on allergenicity of foods derived from biotechnology. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome. 

However, there has been some progress with green and ethical funds. These seek to exclude firms involved in areas such as arms, nuclear power, tobacco, biotechnology and, more recently, genetically modified foods. According to the Mail on Sunday, 2.5 billion was invested in the UK in ethical funds and trusts by mid-1999. The... 

Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods The Invasion of the Killer Corn or New Veggies to the Rescue ... 

FAO/WHO, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - Allergenicity of Genetically Modified Foods - Rome,... 

Biotechnology is likely to have a tremendous impact on s ricultursd science. Agricultural scientists have begim to use biotechnology in an attempt to improve a wide variety of characteristics in various plants and animals. Some genetically modified plants are already commercially available. As genetically modified foods are created, scientists must deal with the social issues and scientific questions that they create. 

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