What Food Safety Issues Have Arisen Related to the New Technologies?
Many issues have been raised regarding GM foods. What is important to one person or group of people may be of no concern to others. That is because the perception of risk or acceptable risk depends on the individual and their value systems. Risk per se can be determined quantitatively, while safety is acceptable risk, something decided upon by an individual, based on his/her own interpretation of the scientific measurement. For example, air travel does involve some quantifiable risk, but some individuals consider it safe. In other words, the benefits of air travel outweigh its potential risks for those people, especially if they have to get from San Francisco to New York City in one day! Brazil Nut Protein in Soybean So, what are some of the issues related to GMOs and food safety? One concern is the possibility for creating new allergens. An often-raised example of the potential for this risk is the work initiated in the early 1990s by Pioneer Hi-Bred to improve the protein quality of
