Genetically Modified Foods

Links to information about genetically modified (GM) foods.

Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   Genetically modified foods
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The advocates for genetically modified (GM) foods argue that the benefits include inexpensive and nutritious foods, better quality food and new food choices. However, the safety of GM foods is currently being debated, as it is impossible to predict all of the potential effects on human health and the environment.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Genetically modified food
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   Genetic modification (GM) is now possible using biotechnology. The genetic material may be altered with methods that do not occur naturally; this is known as genetic engineering.
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Genetically modified foods - techniques
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   There are various techniques used to genetically modify foods. These include introducing the desired genes via benign bacterial or viral infection, 'pasting' the genes onto the target cell's DNA, or 'silencing' an unwanted trait by inserting a copy gene the wrong way around.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Gene technology - the future for food and medicine?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Gene technology has widespread applications in health and medicine as well as food.
Date:   May 2001
Title:   Food labels - what do they mean?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   It is the law in Australia that all packaged foods have food labels.
Date:   Sep 2006
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