B. Moon, Mullaway. Then we will be prepared to put our efforts into alternative energy sources and thumb our noses at OPEC whose supplies of oil are not going to last for ever anyway. Jack Attwood, Bendemeer. Unfortunately, foods are not like drugs and cannot be tested like drugs. Drugs are single chemicals directed to a particular part of the body to perform a particular function.
Food is broken down by our digestive system into elements necessary to sustain life.
Using long-term trials to determine the safety of food with introduced pieces of genetic material or protein is extremely difficult. This is because so many other factors have an effect on a person's health. Yet several groups around the world have shown an interest in establishing trials involving tens of thousands of people. The Australia New Zealand Food Authority is monitoring these. But there are many instances of ecological and genetic interference where the full consequences are still unknown or too late to act upon.