Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 17-24.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.03.010

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The Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Agro-Products

Xing Fuguo Hua Huijuan Liu Yang   

  1. Institute of Agro-Products Processing Science and Technology,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences /Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing,Ministry of Agriculture,Beijing 100193
  • Received:2015-02-02 Online:2015-04-22 Published:2015-04-22

Abstract: Transgenic biotechnology has become the main solution to food shortage, agricultural environmental pollution, improving of food nutrition and processing properties, with the rapid development of transgenic biotechnology. With the commercialization of transgenic crops is continuously promoted, the species and amounts of genetically modified(GM)agro-products have rapidly increased. However, there have been public concerns about the safety of GM agro-products. In this paper, the necessity of safety assessment of GM agro-products, and the research progresses of food safety assessment, food processing safety assessment and feed safety assessment are reviewed. Also, the key issues of transgenic food safety evaluation, including food safety assessment of new types of transgenic agro-products and safety standardization of GM agro-products, are discussed from different perspectives. It would make the public scientifically understand safety of GM agro-products, and provide scientific basis and support for the foundation of criterion system for safety assessment of GM agro-products.

Key words: genetically modified agro-products, safety assessment, food safety, food processing safety, feed safety