Safety assessment of genetically modified plants with deliberately altered composition - Halford - 2014

Commentary Summary

The development and marketing of ‘novel’ genetically modified (GM) crops in which composition has been deliberately altered poses a challenge to the European Union (EU)'s risk assessment processes, which are based on the concept of substantial equivalence with a non-GM comparator. This article gives some examples of these novel GM crops and summarizes the conclusions of a report that was commissioned by the European Food Safety Authority on how the EU's risk assessment processes could be adapted to enable their safety to be assessed.

Keywords:

genetically modified crops;novel traits;crop and food composition;plant biotechnology;risk assessment;food safety

Nigel G. Halford, Elizabeth Hudson, Amy Gimson, Richard Weightman, Peter R. Shewry and Steven Tompkins

Plant Biotechnology Journal  Article first published online: 16 APR 2014 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12194

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