Safety aspects of genetically modified foods of plant origin
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___-- Safety aspects of genetically modified foods of plant origin Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Foods Derived from Biotechnology World Health Organization, Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland 29 May – 2 June 2000 ©World Health Organization, 2000 This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), and all rights are reserved by the Organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced and translated, in part or in whole, but not for sale nor for use in conjunction with commercial purposes. The views expressed in documents by named authors are solely the responsibility of those authors. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations World Health Organization CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION . 1 2. BACKGROUND . 1 3. SCOPE . 2 4. APPROACHES TO THE NUTRITIONAL AND FOOD SAFETY EVALUATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS . 3 4.1 I NTRODUCTION . 3 4.2 S AFETY A SSESSMENT . 4 4.3 U NINTENDED E FFECTS . 6 4.4 E VALUATION OF THE C ONCEPT OF S UBSTANTIAL E QUIVALENCE . 7 5. NUTRITION-RELATED ISSUES . 8 5.1 I NTRODUCTION . 8 5.2 U NEXPECTED O UTCOMES : T ARGETING A S INGLE N UTRIENT CAN R ESULT IN O THER A LTERATIONS . 9 5.3 M ETHODOLOGY FOR N UTRITIONAL AND S AFETY E VALUATION . 10 6. SPECIFIC FOOD SAFETY ISSUES . 11 6.1 I NTRODUCTION . 11 6.2 G ENE T RANSFER FROM G ENETICALLY M ODIFIED P LANTS : M ECHANISMS AND C ONSEQUENCES FOR F OOD S AFETY . 11 6.3 A LLERGENICITY . 13 7. CONCLUSIONS . 20 8. RECOMMENDATIONS . 22 9. REFERENCES . 24 A NNEX 1: L IST OF P ARTICIPANTS . 26 A NNEX 2: L IST OF D OCUMENTS . 30 A NNEX 3: R EPLY TO THE Q UESTIONS FROM THE C ODEX AD HOC I NTERGOVERNMENTAL T ASK F ORCE . 31 1 1. Introduction A Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Foods Derived from Biotechnology was held at the Headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva from 29 May to 2 June 2000. A total of 27 experts, including authors of discussion papers, ...
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