The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are currently sharing the responsibility of regulating agricultural biotechnology in the United States.
According to the EPA web page (2015), the EPA uses five important fundamental principles as a guide to making decisions about their biotechnology regulatory program, they include, “Using sound science, ensuring transparency of the decision-making process, maintaining consistency and fairness, collaborating with their regulatory partners, and building public trust”. Overall, the EPA’s duties in enhancing the safety of biologically modified food is the regulating of all pesticides used in the …show more content…
The FDA safety requirements emphasize the legal duty of everyone working in the farm that produces GM foods in securing safe food for the public. Essentially, the FDA ensures that on everyone in the farm to table continuum is meeting their Obligations to making sure the public receive safe and healthy food. Furthermore, The FDA is much involved in guiding investors that are interested in the initiation of GM foods’ farms. And to help facilitate this process, the agency has created a consulting program known as the Plant Biotechnology Consultation Program. The Program was started in the 1990’s to cooperatively work with GE plant developers to help them ensure foods made from their new Genetically engineered plant varieties are safe and lawful(“EPA 's Regulation”,2015; Genetically Engineered, …show more content…
In addition, it is important to highlight that all foods have the propensity to cause allergic reactions in human, hence the traditional foods and GM foods are no exceptions in that regard. Although some may argue that the probability of allergic reaction to certain foods for has been accelerated by the alteration of their various gene sequences (Klonosk, 2014).
Overall, I would recommend genetically engineered food for consumption although the long-term environmental consequence is yet to be seen.
Conclusion
Although the verdicts are still out on long-term consequences of the GM foods, GM foods have been in the market since the 1900s and numerous people have consumed the food products without reported obvious health consequences. In my opinion, the GM foods are safe considering government’s agencies for food safety and regulations have stringent rules and regulations to keep the source of food from the biogenetics technology safe for public
According to the EPA web page (2015), the EPA uses five important fundamental principles as a guide to making decisions about their biotechnology regulatory program, they include, “Using sound science, ensuring transparency of the decision-making process, maintaining consistency and fairness, collaborating with their regulatory partners, and building public trust”. Overall, the EPA’s duties in enhancing the safety of biologically modified food is the regulating of all pesticides used in the …show more content…
The FDA safety requirements emphasize the legal duty of everyone working in the farm that produces GM foods in securing safe food for the public. Essentially, the FDA ensures that on everyone in the farm to table continuum is meeting their Obligations to making sure the public receive safe and healthy food. Furthermore, The FDA is much involved in guiding investors that are interested in the initiation of GM foods’ farms. And to help facilitate this process, the agency has created a consulting program known as the Plant Biotechnology Consultation Program. The Program was started in the 1990’s to cooperatively work with GE plant developers to help them ensure foods made from their new Genetically engineered plant varieties are safe and lawful(“EPA 's Regulation”,2015; Genetically Engineered, …show more content…
In addition, it is important to highlight that all foods have the propensity to cause allergic reactions in human, hence the traditional foods and GM foods are no exceptions in that regard. Although some may argue that the probability of allergic reaction to certain foods for has been accelerated by the alteration of their various gene sequences (Klonosk, 2014).
Overall, I would recommend genetically engineered food for consumption although the long-term environmental consequence is yet to be seen.
Conclusion
Although the verdicts are still out on long-term consequences of the GM foods, GM foods have been in the market since the 1900s and numerous people have consumed the food products without reported obvious health consequences. In my opinion, the GM foods are safe considering government’s agencies for food safety and regulations have stringent rules and regulations to keep the source of food from the biogenetics technology safe for public