For as long as people have been on this earth there has always been the issue of famine. It would seem safe to say that any sane person would accept the solution to world hunger, right? Well there may be a solution to this problem already but it is up to the consumer’s to support this movement. As you can imagine with such a huge increase in world population there has been an increased demand for food and natural resources. This high demand has led to the use of genetically modified organisms or GMO to help counter act this. For those of you who do not know a “GM crop plants contain artificially inserted gene(s) or “transgenes” from another unrelated plant or from a completely different species via advanced genetic engineering techniques”
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The US government has mandatory tests that must be done before these foods are mass produced for human consumption. All GMO foods are regulated by the USDA, FDA and EPA. One example of these tests are equivalence testing. “Equivalence testing involves a comparison of the GMO with traditional counterpart(s) which are accepted as safe in use. This process is based primarily on phenotypic characteristics, the compositional analysis (taking into account the biological variability), and on the expected intake and role in the diet of the GMO” (Shilter 2.2.1). If the GM product is out of limits of the natural diversity of the traditional food further testing is required such as, animal testing and nutritional evaluations and an extensive safety assessment. As you can see the testing of these foods are extensive and not taken lightly. You can rest assured that these products have been thoroughly tested before they end up at the dinner …show more content…
For example, Monsanto produces a type of cotton plant that now naturally defends itself from insect pests such as, cotton bollworm and pink bollworm. By using this technology the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy in Washington, DC, has reported “US cotton growers planting Bollgard cotton showed a 260-million-pound increase in cotton production
The US government has mandatory tests that must be done before these foods are mass produced for human consumption. All GMO foods are regulated by the USDA, FDA and EPA. One example of these tests are equivalence testing. “Equivalence testing involves a comparison of the GMO with traditional counterpart(s) which are accepted as safe in use. This process is based primarily on phenotypic characteristics, the compositional analysis (taking into account the biological variability), and on the expected intake and role in the diet of the GMO” (Shilter 2.2.1). If the GM product is out of limits of the natural diversity of the traditional food further testing is required such as, animal testing and nutritional evaluations and an extensive safety assessment. As you can see the testing of these foods are extensive and not taken lightly. You can rest assured that these products have been thoroughly tested before they end up at the dinner …show more content…
For example, Monsanto produces a type of cotton plant that now naturally defends itself from insect pests such as, cotton bollworm and pink bollworm. By using this technology the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy in Washington, DC, has reported “US cotton growers planting Bollgard cotton showed a 260-million-pound increase in cotton production