“…As a result, extensive regulatory requirements for GM crops, which use a comparative safety assessment process, are now in place (König et al, 2004;Cellini et al, 2004;EFSA, 2006;Paoletti et al, 2008;CODEX, 2009;Privalle et al, 2012;Hoekenga et al, 2013;Prado et al, 2014). Since that time, numerous studies have found that GM varieties are compositionally equivalent to conventional crops Herman and Price, 2013;Hoekenga et al, 2013;Ricroch, 2013;Xu et al, 2014;Ladics et al, 2015aLadics et al, , 2015bCurran et al, 2015;Venkatesh et al, 2015Venkatesh et al, , 2016. The exceptions are a few cases where the desired trait confers an intended change in composition, such as improved nutrition (Chassy et al, 2008).…”