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Genetically Modified Foods: feature articles archive

La Influencia de la Educación Sobre la Percepción a los GMO´s - Abstract in English

A good way to transmit to students all kinds of concepts is through education. The Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) topic is strongly connected with our habits of consumption and culture

GM Stories from SAAFoST Snippets

 

Three Biotechnology Scientists Awarded 2013 World Food Prize
Three distinguished  biotechnology researchers  ̶  Marc Van Montagu of Belgium, Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley of the USA  ̶  were named the winners of the 2013 World Food Prize during a 19 June 2013 ceremony at the US State Department, where Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the keynote address. John Ruan III, Chairman of the World Food Prize, also participated in the ceremony.

 

How safe are South Africa’s GM foods?

The safety of foods derived from genetically modified (GM) crops has been a subject of significant interest and discussion between technology developers, consumers and policy makers.

Biotechnology for Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture and Food Systems

The research program ‘Mistra Biotech - Biotechnology for Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture and Food Systems’ is a four-year interdisciplinary research program funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Proceso de adopción de OGM en Colombia, sistema nacional de bioseguridad - Abstract in English

 

Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo and Adriana Castaño-Hernández

 

“El protocolo sobre seguridad de la biotecnología ha de permitir que todos en el mundo puedan disfrutar de los beneficios de la biotecnología, y evitar al mismo tiempo riesgos innecesarios”

CBD-PNUMA, 2003

 

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The Brazilian GMO Regulatory Scenario and the Adoption of Agricultural Biotechnology

 

Gutenberg Delfino de Souza, Marcia Almeida de Melo, Éderson Akio Kido and Paulo Paes de Andrade

 

 

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Genetic Modification of Foods for Improved Food Security and Wellness in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

African countries with a total population of about 800 million and with annual population growth rates exceeding 2% are among the poorest, food insecure countries of the world. They have the greatest food demand but the least supply.

Surveillance of Genetically Modified Plants in Food, Feed and Seed

 

Patrick Guertler and Ulrich Busch

 

Global Situation

The global cultivation of genetically modified (GM) plants has increased since commercialisation in 1996. The area increased from 1.7 MHa in 1996 to more than 170 MHa in 2012 (Figure 1). The main GM crops are soybean (80.7 MHa), corn (55.1 MHa), cotton (24.3 MHa) and canola (9.2 MHa).

 

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IUFoST Scientific Information Bulletin (SIB)

 

FOOD FRAUD PREVENTION

John Spink, PhD
Summary
Food Fraud – and the focus on prevention – is an important and evolving food industry focus. Even though the vast majority of these incidents do not have a health hazard in some ways they are more dangerous because the substances and actions are unknown and untraceable.  The types of food fraud stretch the traditional role of food science and technology to include criminology, supply chain traceability and other control systems. The food authenticity and integrity testing will be the most complex actions and their value should be assessed in terms of the contribution to prevention. This Scientific Information Bulletin (SIB) presents an introduction, review of incidents, the fundamentals of prevention which then provide insight on the optimal role of Food Science and Technology.
See IUFoST SIBS below for the complete Food Fraud Prevention Scientific Information Bulletin.

 

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Congratulations Prof. Dr. Purwiyatno Hariyadi

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Puwiyatno Hariyadi who has been elected to the position of Vice-Chair of the  CODEX Alimentarius Commission.

Dr. Hariyadi is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST) and Senior scientist, SEAFAST Center; Professor, Dept. Food Science and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.

World Congress

 

Mumbai, India

 

October 23-27, 2018

 

Register at www.iufost2018.com

 

 

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