ADVANTAGES

AND
DISADVANTAGES
OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

Elaborated Mititelu Maia

Verified Ciumac Liudmila
GR.TPA-181
CONTENT:
 INTRODUCTION
 Advantages of Genetically Modified Foods
 Disadvantages of Genetically Modified Foods
 Examples of Genetically Modified Foods
INTRODUCTION
 Genetically modified foods, often classified
as GMOs, have changed the way that people
view their food.
 In the modern GMO, plants can be resistant
to specific pesticides and herbicides while
becoming adaptive to changing
environmental conditions.
 The primary advantage of genetically
modified foods is that crop yields become
more consistent and productive, allowing
more people to be fed
1. Genetically modified
ADVANTAGES OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
foods can have a
longer shelf life.
2. It creates foods that
are more appealing to
eat.
3. Genetically modified
foods are easier to
transport.Because
GMO crops have a
prolonged shelf life, it
is easier to transport
them greater
distances.
1. Herbicides and
pesticides are used
less often. Farmers
growing genetically
modified foods do not
need to use these
products as often as
farmers using
traditional growing
methods
2. Nutritional content
can be improved. The
UN Food and
Agricultural
Organization notes
that rice, genetically
modified to produce
 DISADVANTAGES OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
1. GMO crops may 1. Some genetically
cause antibiotic modified foods may
resistance present a carcinogen
2. Farmers growing exposure risk.
genetically modified 2. Toxic compound
foods have a greater (glyphosphate in
legal liability. Roundup) harming
3. Independent development in
research is not children and adult
allowed. 6
companies control
most of the
genetically modified
foods market at the
core level.
EXAMPLES OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
EXAMPLES OF GM FOODS
• Corn
• Rice
• Tomatoes
• Rapeseed
• Honey
• Cotton
• Soybean
• Sugar Cane
• Canola
• Potatoes
• Cattle
• Papaya
• Squash