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Oct 13, 2003 · After seven years of GM crop production and no apparent health effects, potential environmental risks—particularly gene flow into other species—have eclipsed food safety as a primary concern. As pollen and seeds move in the environment, they can transmit genetic traits to nearby crops or wild relatives.
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This article provides information about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and other products. It explains that most GMOs are used to make ingredients for processed foods, animal feed, and some medicines. The article also mentions the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in ensuring the safety of GMO products.
Many foods and food products are made with ingredients from GMO crops, including cornstarch, soybean oil, canola oil, granulated sugar. The U.S. Department of Agriculture maintains a list of bioengineered foods available throughout the world and consumers will start seeing the “bioengineered” label on some foods due to the new National Bioengineere...
Only a few types of GMOs are grown in the United States such as soybeans (94%), cotton (96%), corn (92%) which make up large percentages of their respective crops grown; most used for animal food or making ingredients for processed foods.
Most common uses include making cooking oils and margarine (canola), feeding cattle/dairy cows (alfalfa), producing fabric materials(cotton), preventing insect damage while reducing need to spray insecticides(Bt Corn). Some were developed to resist browning after being cut or plant viruses like summer squash or papaya ringspot virus disease respect...
FDA has approved an application allowing sale of AquAdvantage Salmon & GalSafe pig both genetically modified but safe & nutritious as non-GMO salmon & pigs ; genetic engineering also important in creating medicines that go through extensive FDA approval process before human use .
Nov 4, 2019 · But despite the creation of many genetically modified (GM) pest- and herbicide-resistant crops, scientists haven't had much success with boosting crop growth. Now, researchers have for the first time shown they can reliably increase corn yields up to 10% by changing a gene that increases plant growth—regardless of whether growing conditions ...
Aug 23, 2022 · The results of the Pellegrino study indicated that there is strong evidence that GMO corn performs better than its near-isogenic line (a non-GMO modified crop that is nevertheless similar in genetic identity) in multiple ways, including enhanced grain quality and yield as well as increased pest resistance (that does not impact beneficial insects).
Apr 19, 2023 · 1990s: The first wave of GMO produce created through genetic engineering becomes available to consumers: summer squash, soybeans, cotton, corn, papayas, tomatoes, potatoes, and canola. Not all are ...
Jan 1, 2019 · Since their commercial release in 1996, the use of genetically engineered corn has grown to dominate US corn production. Genome editing in corn has been recently developed and using CRISPR/Cas to add-or-remove a plant trait is faster, more precise, easier, and in most cases, cheaper than either traditional breeding techniques or older genetic ...
But when geneticists began to explore microorganisms for traits of interest—such as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes that produce a protein lethal to some crop pests—they triggered an uproar over ethical, scientific, and environmental concerns that continues today. (See Box 1.)
