Looking back at safety assessment of GM food/feed: An exhaustive review of 90-day animal feeding studies

International Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 230-256

  Ricroch, Agnès E ^a   Boisron, Audrey ^b   Kuntz, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

90 day; Biotechnology; EFSA; European food safety authority; GMO; Policy; Repeated dose toxicity study; Rodent; Safety assessment; Subchronic toxicity; Whole food feed

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FEEDING; FOOD SAFETY; PUBLIC POLICY; TOXICITY;

90-DAY; EFSA; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; REPEATED-DOSE TOXICITY STUDY; RODENT; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SUBCHRONIC; WHOLE FOOD/FEED;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP PLANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHENOTYPE; POLICY MAKING; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; DNA MODIFICATION; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION STUDY; FARM ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HEALTH CARE COST; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; INSECT RESISTANCE; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84928779133     PISSN: 09636048     EISSN: 17415020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2014.068940     Document Type: Article

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