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Document type
  • Peer-reviewed journal article
GE organism
  • soybean
GE trait
  • herbicide tolerance
Country
  • USA

Results

Equivalence
  • no effect
Safety for consumption
  • no effect

Current methods for assessing safety of genetically modified crops as exemplified by data on Roundup Ready soybeans Review Article Open Access

Nair, RS; Fuchs, RL; Schuette, SA
Toxicologic Pathology. 2002 January. 30(1):117-125

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PMID: 11890463 DOI: 10.1080/01926230252824806 ISSN: 0192-6233

Abstract

Several laboratories have used recombinant DNA technology in plant breeding to improve compositional, processing, and agronomic characteristics of plants. These transformed plants have been extensively tested in field trials, have gained full regulatory approvals and are currently being marketed in a number of countries around the world. This paper briefly summarizes the approach used to assure the safety of foods and feeds derived from these genetically modified crops, as exemplified by data on Roundup Ready soybeans that has been developed by Monsanto Company using biotechnology in order to confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, by the production of the CP4 enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase protein. The results of the studies demonstrate that Roundup Ready soybeans are as safe as traditional soybeans with respect to food and feed safety.

Keywords

Genetically modiĀŽ ed foods; safety assessments; soybeans

Funding

Funding source
  • Monsanto
Funding country
  • United States
Funding type
  • industry: same

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MLA

Nair, RS, RL Fuchs, SA Schuette. "Current methods for assessing safety of genetically modified crops as exemplified by data on Roundup Ready soybeans." Toxicologic Pathology 30.1 (2002): 117-125. Web. 29 Mar. 2024.

APA

Nair, RS., Fuchs, RL., & Schuette, SA. (2002). Current methods for assessing safety of genetically modified crops as exemplified by data on Roundup Ready soybeans. Toxicologic Pathology, 30(1), 117-125. doi:10.1080/01926230252824806

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