Genetically Modified Foods

Links to information about genetically modified (GM) foods.

Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   Genetically modified foods - techniques
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Genetically modified (GM) foods are created using biotechnology to change their genetic material. Techniques include introducing the desired genes via benign bacterial or viral infection (bacterial carriers) and 'pasting' the genes onto the target cell's DNA (gene splicing). Another way to create a GM food is 'silencing' an unwanted trait by inserting a copy gene the wrong way around. Other techniques include biolistics, calcium phosphate precipitation and electroporation.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Genetically modified foods
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Foods can be genetically modified and these are known as GM foods. Some GM foods include maize, soybean, oilseed rape (canola), chicory, squash and potato. Advantages of GM foods may include greater resistance to pests and viruses, higher nutritional value and longer shelf life. Risks or disadvantages may include creating a new allergen and harming biodiversity. Laws to regulate labelling of GM foods vary.
Date:   Nov 2007
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
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:   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
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