What impact does GM animal feed have on the animals and their products?
More than 130 animal feeding studies designed to detect any unintended effects in livestock fed approved, commercial GM crops, have been conducted or are currently in progress. Many of these studies, conducted in Europe and the USA, compared the performances of livestock fed either GM crops or non-GM feeds, and have included dairy cows, beef cows, chickens, pigs, sheep and catfish. The GM crops studied included pest resistant corn, and herbicide tolerant soybeans, and corn. The conclusions from these studies were consistent, showing no detrimental effects have been found in livestock fed GM crops. The Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS), a federation comprising over 10,000 dairy, meat and poultry scientists announced in November 2000, that meat, milk and eggs from livestock and poultry fed GM feed are safe to eat. The FASS scientists reviewed all the worldwide data available, and concluded that the studies confirmed that there is no effect from feeding approved, commercial GM
