Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects

by Committee on Identifying and Assessing U, National Research Council, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, et al.

Assists policymakers in evaluating the appropriate scientific methods for detecting unintended changes in food and assessing the potential for adverse health effects from genetically modified products. In this book, the committee recommended that greater scrutiny should be given to foods containing new compounds or unusual amounts of naturally occurring substances, regardless of the method used to create them.

The book offers a framework to guide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309092094
• ISBN13: 9780309092098
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"