Regulation and Safety Assessment of Genetically Engineered Food

Abstract

Transgenic technologies avails new ways that alter plants and animals to be better suited for applications in food, feed, and processing. The ability to express foreign genes and proteins opens the door to producing many commercially important industrial and pharmaceutical products. However, despite the promise of these technologies, there are many concerns about the environmental impact of genetically engineered (GE) food plants and how to contain them. Risk assessment and monitoring are vital for this industry: the regulatory agencies aimed to monitor the specific environment and public health hazards associated with GE food and organisms. In the United States, the FDA, USDA, and EPA are responsible for these regulations. Several agencies in other countries also monitor GE foods and frame guidelines for the safe application of recombinant genes in agro-industries. This article gives an overview on the tracking of GE DNA in foods and the general public's concerns about them. The role of regulatory agencies are also summarized in regulating GE products while ensuring the public health.

Fiscalidad indirecta del libro en Europa: implicaciones y políticas

“…Monsanto's litigious approach was countered by a public group coordinated by the Alliance for Bio-Integrity supported by the International Center for Technology Assessment with legal demands of the Food and Drug Administration for mandatory testing and labeling. While the FDA has no current power to mandate labeling, protection of the public by assuring genetically engineered foods are nutritionally equivalent to non-genetically engineered foods is its mission, and education of the public in the sincerity of its dedication to that mission is a suggested resolution (Singh, 2010).…”