STANDARDS FOR GM FOOD SAFETY CRUCIAL
STANDARDS FOR GM FOOD SAFETY CRUCIAL
September 19, 2003 Crop Biotech Update Food safety assessment is not just about science, but also about perceptions, concerns, and standards about how to assure safety. Thus, agreements on reasonable standards of safety for developing countries will be critical. This is the main point raised by Joel Cohen and colleagues in a brief issued by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This agreement, according to the authors, will allow for and encourage exchange of data, which will help ensure that data requirements are manageable among countries. Hence, there is a need to assure capacity building for biotechnology and biosafety. Such competency will enable countries to conduct independent research and create sufficient infrastructure to allow scientifically defensible decisions regarding food safety issues colored by each countryıs perceptions and circumstances. Download the IFPRI brief entitled Food Safety and GM Crops: Implications for Developing Country Research, one in a series on Food Safety in Food Security and Food Trade, at http://www.ifpri.org/2020/focus/focus10/focus10_16.pdf |
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