title: [Risk assessment of genetically modified organisms].
abstract: Since the commercial approve in 1996, the global area of transgenic crops has raised more than 50 times. In the last two decades, governments have been planning strategies and protocols for safety assessment of food and feed genetically modified (GM). Evaluation of food safety should be taken on a case-by-case analysis depending on the specific traits of the modified crops and the changes introduced by the genetic modification, using for this the concept of substantial equivalence. This work presents approaches for the risk assessment of GM food, as well as some problems related with the genetic construction or even with the expression of the inserted gene.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Tecnologia em Fármacos-Farmanguinhos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22775-903. thadeucosta@far.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Thadeu Estevam Moreira Maramaldo
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Aline Peçanha Muzy
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Erica Miranda Damasio
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Scheidegger
authors.forename: Victor Augustus
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Marin
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D059022:Food Safety; D006801:Humans; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D018570:Risk Assessment