Transgenic foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Modern gene transfer technologies allow genes from other organisms to be inserted into food crops and animals to produce desirable traits like disease resistance or increased growth. While GMOs may offer benefits like reduced pesticide use and improved nutrition, introducing genetically modified food products requires extensive safety testing. No confirmed adverse health effects have been found from commercialized GM foods, but unconfirmed reports still raise some concerns.
Transgenic foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Modern gene transfer technologies allow genes from other organisms to be inserted into food crops and animals to produce desirable traits like disease resistance or increased growth. While GMOs may offer benefits like reduced pesticide use and improved nutrition, introducing genetically modified food products requires extensive safety testing. No confirmed adverse health effects have been found from commercialized GM foods, but unconfirmed reports still raise some concerns.
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Transgenic foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Modern gene transfer technologies allow genes from other organisms to be inserted into food crops and animals to produce desirable traits like disease resistance or increased growth. While GMOs may offer benefits like reduced pesticide use and improved nutrition, introducing genetically modified food products requires extensive safety testing. No confirmed adverse health effects have been found from commercialized GM foods, but unconfirmed reports still raise some concerns.
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what are adverse effects for human beings? Food and Feed are generally derived from plants and animals which have been grown and bred by humans for several thousand years. Over time, these plants and animals have undergone substantial genetic changes as those with the most desirable characteristics were chosen for breeding the next generation. In recent times, it has become possible to modify the genetic material of living cells and organisms using modern gene transfer technologies. Genes which cause expression of desirable traits (eg modified starch production and disease resistance in potato) were selected from organisms, such as bacteria, and transferred into plants, to alter their genetic material (DNA) in order to produce these desirable characteristics. Microrganisms have been genetically modified to produce new pharmaceutical products, plants to produce pest and disease resistance and animals (eg fish) to grow more rapidly. All organisms modified in such way are
called genetically modified organisms
(GMOs). The food and feed which contains or consist of such GMOs, or are produced from GMOs, are called genetically modified (GM) food or feed. The use of GMOs in food can offer benefits in agricultural practices, food quality, nutrition and health. In China the use of GM insect resistant cotton
has dramatically reduced the incidence of
pesticide poisoning amongst farmer workers. In the future it will also be possible to enhance the nutritive value of crops by improving desirable functional characteristics, such as reduced allergenicity or toxicity as well as altered protein or fat content and increased phytochemical or nutrient content. Introducing a genetically modified food product in the European market is strictly regulated and is dependant upon an extensive food safety evaluation. GMOs have been widely cultivated since 1997, and now over 60 million hectare are grown worldwide. No adverse effects on human health have been scientifically recorded in commercialised GM foods, though there have been unconfirmed reports from various sources, some of which have been scientifically investigated and found not to be associated with GMOs. THANKS!