Journal or Publishing Institution: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Author(s): Costa, T.E.M.M., Dias, A.P.M., Scheidegger, É.M.D., and Marin, V.A.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Record ID: 404
Abstract: Since the beginning of its commercialization in 1996, the global area of transgenic plantations has increased more than fifty times. In the last two decades, governmental and intergovernmental organizations have devised strategies and protocols for the study of the safety of foods derived from genetically modified crops. Safety tests are conducted on a case-by-case basis and conducted according to the specific characteristics of the modified crops and changes introduced through genetic modification, taking into account the concept of substantial equivalence. In the present work, some approaches of risk assessment of genetically modified foods are reported, as well as some problems related to the genetic construction or even the expression of the inserted gene.
Keywords: Genetically modified organisms, Risk assessment, Food safety
Citation: Costa, T.E.M.M., Dias, A.P.M., Scheidegger, É.M.D., and Marin, V.A., 2011. Risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 16(1), 327-336.
