title: Safety assessment of genetically modified plants with deliberately altered composition.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK.
authors.forename: Nigel G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Halford
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gimson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weightman
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shewry
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tompkins
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D059022:Food Safety; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: crop and food composition; food safety; genetically modified crops; novel traits; plant biotechnology; risk assessment
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