GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

AF3209
Food Chemistry

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

AF3209
Food Chemistry
 What is GMO?

• GMO are the organisms in which the genetic materials (DNA) has been altered.

• Not occurred by naturally or natural recombination.

• The using technology is Gene technology

(Modern Biotechnology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Genetic Engineering.)

• Selected individual genes are transferred from one organism to another also between
nonrelated species.
 What is Genetically Modified Food?

Foods produced by using GMO are referred to as Genetically Modified

Food.

They have had their DNA changed using genes from other plants, animals
or microorganisms.

Bioengineered Food or BE Foods

• In the process of creating GM foods, it involves selecting plant or
animals with desired traits and breeding the.

• Over time this results in offspring with those desired traits.

• Main reasons is to create new foods with desired traits.

 GM Foods Vs Conventional Foods

Conventional food products are developed using the traditional breeding

methods

Some of the characteristics of food products are altered either in a positive

or negative way.

National authorities consider that specific assessments are necessary for

GM foods. Set evaluations of GMO d GM foods relative to human and
environ met safety.
 • More nutritious food

• Tastier food

• Disease and drought resistant plants that require fewer

Objectives environmental resources

of • Less use of pesticides

Creating GM
Foods • Increased supply of food with reduced cost and longer shelf
life

• Faster growing plants and animals

• Medicinal foods that could be used as vaccines or other

medicines.
How to identify ?

• A product label shows if it contains GMO,

• Symbol
• Scanned links
• Text message instructions
• Phone numbers
• Website addresses
 • Pineapple
GM Foods include,
• Potato
• Apple • Salmon
• Canola
• Soybean
• Corn
• Squash
• Cotton
• Sugar beet
• Eggplants

• Papaya