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Unintended compositional changes in genetically modified (GM) crops: 20 years of research

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Herman, Rod A., Price, William D.·2013·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Abstract

The compositional equivalency between genetically modified (GM) crops and nontransgenic comparators has been a fundamental component of human health safety assessment for 20 years. During this time, a large amount of information has been amassed on the compositional changes that accompany both the transgenesis process and traditional breeding methods; additionally, the genetic mechanisms behind these changes have been elucidated. After two decades, scientists are encouraged to objectively assess this body of literature and determine if sufficient scientific uncertainty still exists to continue the general requirement for these studies to support the safety assessment of transgenic crops. It is concluded that suspect unintended compositional effects that could be caused by genetic modification have not materialized on the basis of this substantial literature. Hence, compositional equivalence studies uniquely required for GM crops may no longer be justified on the basis of scientific uncertainty.

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  • The composition of GE maize grain did not differ from that of the isolines for protein, lipid, ADF, NDF and TDF content.

    “Apart from mycotoxin levels, our results indicated that the composition of GE maize grain did not differ from that of the isolines for protein, lipid, ADF, NDF and TDF content, and confirm what was found on compositional equivalence between GE crops and non-GE comparators over the last two decades36.”
  • The process of genetic engineering generally has fewer effects on crop composition compared with traditional breeding methods.

    “There is increasing evidence that the process of genetic engineering generally has fewer effects on crop composition compared with traditional breeding methods (Herman and Price, 2013).”

    From Genetically engineered crops help support conservation biological control (2019) · cites this paper as Herman and Price, 2013

  • Japanese regulators found 189 submissions to be substantially equivalent to their conventional counterparts.

    “as have Japanese regulators for 189 submissions (Herman and Price, 2013).”

    From Prevalence and impacts of genetically engineered feedstuffs on livestock populations1 (2014) · cites this paper as Herman and Price, 2013

  • Independent studies have shown the compositional equivalence of the current generation of GE crops.

    “Independent studies have shown the compositional equivalence of the current generation of GE crops (Cheng et al., 2008; Garcia-Villalba et al., 2008; Herman and Price, 2013; Hollingworth et al., 2003)”

    From Prevalence and impacts of genetically engineered feedstuffs on livestock populations1 (2014) · cites this paper as Herman and Price, 2013

  • Over the past 20 years, the United States Food and Drug Administration found all 148 GE transformation events it evaluated to be substantially equivalent to their conventional counterparts.

    “Over the past 20 yr, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found all of the 148 GE transformation events that they evaluated to be substantially equivalent to their conventional counterparts”

    From Prevalence and impacts of genetically engineered feedstuffs on livestock populations1 (2014) · cites this paper as Herman and Price, 2013

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Authors
Herman, R. A., & Price, W. D.
Affiliations
  • Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration (US)
Venue
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Published
2013-02-25
Volume
61
Issue
48
Pages
11695-11701
ISSN
  • 0021-8561 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-5118
OpenAlex
W2329516744
Cited by
156
References
117
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FWCI
25.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural safety and regulations
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Keywords
genetically modified crops, transgenesis, conventional breeding, food safety assessment, scientific uncertainty, genetic modification
MeSH terms
Consumer Product Safety, Humans, Crops, Agricultural, Plants, Genetically Modified, Food, Genetically Modified, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century

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