Open AccessSafety assessment of genetically modified plants with deliberately altered composition
Author(s) -
Halford Nigel G.,
Hudson Elizabeth,
Gimson Amy,
Weightman Richard,
Shewry Peter R.,
Tompkins Steven
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plant biotechnology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.525
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1467-7652
pISSN - 1467-7644
DOI - 10.1111/pbi.12194
Subject(s) - european union , biology , genetically modified organism , risk assessment , genetically modified crops , food safety , microbiology and biotechnology , genetically modified maize , equivalence (formal languages) , transgene , business , gene , international trade , food science , genetics , economics , management , linguistics , philosophy
Summary The development and marketing of ‘novel’ genetically modified ( GM ) crops in which composition has been deliberately altered poses a challenge to the European Union ( EU )'s risk assessment processes, which are based on the concept of substantial equivalence with a non‐ GM comparator. This article gives some examples of these novel GM crops and summarizes the conclusions of a report that was commissioned by the European Food Safety Authority on how the EU 's risk assessment processes could be adapted to enable their safety to be assessed.