FAILINGS OF SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE. THE FAILINGS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCEIN REGULATING TRANSGENIC FOODS(ALSO APPLIES TO OTHER NOVEL FOODS)by John Fagan, Ph.D.* The concept of substantial equivalence has been used in Europe, North America, and elsewhere around the world as the basis of regulations designed to facilitate the rapid commercialization of genetically engineered foods.
For instance, the European Commission (EC) regulations concerning novel foods and food ingredients apply the concept of substantial equivalence to both the safety testing and to the labeling of genetically engineered foods. The fundamental inadequacies of this approach have been discussed previously. 1. At first glance the term substantially equivalent implies that two foods are equivalent in all characteristics that are of importance to the consumer - safety, nutrition, flavor, and texture. Inadequate testing Any claim of substantial equivalence is only as good as the series of tests upon which that claim is based. The Principle of Substantial equivalence is Unscientific and Arbitary. Below is an excerpt from our published paper: Ho, M.W. and Steinbrecher, R. (1998).
Fatal flaws in food safety assessment: critique of the joint FAO/WHO biotechnology and food safety report, Environmental & Nutritional Interactions 2, 51-84. The World According to Monsanto part 1 of 10 The World According to Monsanto (FULL LENGTH) The world according to Monsanto Google Video. Marie-Monique Robin. The World According to Monsanto. Synopsis[edit] The film reports many controversies surrounding the use and promotion of genetically modified seeds, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Agent Orange, and bovine growth hormone.
Cases in the United States (including Anniston, Alabama), Canada, India, Mexico, Paraguay, the United Kingdom (Scotland) and France, are explored, claiming that the corporation's collusion with governments, pressure tactics, suppression and manipulation of scientific data, and extra-legal practices aided the company's attempts at dominating global agriculture. Welcome to Árpád Pusztai's Homepage.
Since the affair over GM potatoes has come to light, I have had to resort to the Internet to air my views.
Árpád Pusztai. Árpád Pusztai (8 September 1930) is a Hungarian-born biochemist and nutritionist who spent 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland.
He is a world expert on plant lectins, authoring 270 papers and three books on the subject. In 1998, Árpád Pusztai publicly announced that the results of his research showed feeding genetically modified potatoes to rats had negative effects on their stomach lining and immune system. This led to scientific criticism and Pusztai being suspended and his annual contract was not renewed. World renowned scientist lost his job when he warned about GE foods - The Pusztai case. Dr Arpad Pusztai evoked world wide media attention in August 1998, when he said in British TV that he would not eat genetically engineered food because of the insufficient testing procedures they have undergone.
Pusztai is a world renowned expert on food safety, who worked at UK's leading food safety research lab, the Rowett institute. His statement obviously threatened to damage the then ongoing multimillion PR campaign of the Biotech industry to create public confidence in GE foods. A few days after his public appearance he was suspended and gagged by the research institute where he worked. Pointed out weakness in present food regulations Dr Pusztai's pointed out that substances in Genetically Engineered (GE) foods that have a slow acting effect would not be detected because present regulations do not require long term safety testing.
Humiliating statements displayed about Pusztai. Scientists under Attack - Genetic engeneering in the magnetic field of money. Scientists Under Attack, 2009 - FULL Documentary - GMO and Freedom of Speach. NotPICNIC : good to see Árpád Pusztai... Our Environment at Berkeley: Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management. Associate Professor Research Interests Microbial Ecology Research Description.
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