Foods produced with biotechnology must be demonstrated to be just as safe as traditional foods. Biotechnology broadly defined as the science of using living organisms to improve or create beneficial products is well established as a tool to produce pharmaceutical products.
Biotechnology is one of the most extensively researched and reviewed developments in agriculture.
Let s separate some of the myths from the realities. Foods with genetically modified ingredients are a health risk . When plants are improved through genetic modification for example, so as to resist weather conditions or insects the resulting plants are tested. This ensures that they are the essentially the same as the foods we have been eating for generations. They are safe for both consumers and the environment.