title: Allergenicity assessment of genetically modified crops--what makes sense?
abstract: GM crops have great potential to improve food quality, increase harvest yields and decrease dependency on certain chemical pesticides. Before entering the market their safety needs to be scrutinized. This includes a detailed analysis of allergenic risks, as the safety of allergic consumers has high priority. However, not all tests currently being applied to assessing allergenicity have a sound scientific basis. Recent events with transgenic crops reveal the fallacy of applying such tests to GM crops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68583-0955, USA. rgoodman2@unlnotes.unl.edu
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vieths
authors.forename: Hugh A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebisawa
authors.forename: Steve L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Ree
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors