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Mar 21, 2015 · AP Photo/Simplot Corporation. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Potatoes that won't bruise and apples that won't brown are a step closer to grocery store aisles, but some food suppliers say they don't want ...
Jan 29, 2016 · Foods containing GMOs have been on the market since the 1990s. Some are eaten as a whole organism — such as papaya engineered to resist the ringspot virus. Others end up as ingredients in ...
Jul 31, 2016 · Even as a new Vermont law and food giants including General Mills and Campbell Soup push to label GMO products, a sweeping new scientific report concludes that genetically engineered crops are as safe as conventionally grown foods. “We looked at a lot of evidence and found no apparent health risk,” says Timothy Griffin, PhD, an associate ...
Feb 2, 1999 · A group of scientists from 13 countries has supported calls for a moratorium on the release of genetically modified foods after endorsing unpublished research that has raised fears of potential health hazards. The British government has come under pressure to act after an announcement by the 22 scientists that research carried out by Dr Arpad ...
Jan 1, 2023 · Abstract. Safety assessment guidelines and procedures to ensure the safety of food crops from new genetically modified (GMO) plants, animals, and microbes are important tools for evaluating product safety. The same guidelines have and could be used to evaluate the possible risks of new novel foods before they are introduced to the market.
Árpád Pusztai. Árpád János Pusztai (8 September 1930 – 17 December 2021 [1]) was a Hungarian-born British biochemist and nutritionist who spent 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a world expert on plant lectins, authoring 270 papers and three books on the subject. In 1998, Árpád Pusztai publicly ...
Oct 12, 2018 · Last updated October 12, 2018. Cornucopia’s Take: Caius Rommens, PhD spent his career in bioengineering with Monsanto and JR Simplot. Encouraged by other industry scientists and the companies he worked for, he is responsible for the GMO traits in potatoes that have made it quietly to the market. In the article below, Rommens reflects on his ...
