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Genetically modified foods are plants or animal products that have been enhanced to improve some desirable quality: size, production, flavor, a certain needed vitamin, or resistance to pesticides or disease.
Natural genetic modification (cross breeding) has been going on for millenia, for example, farmers with a particularly productive milk cow will breed her to get calves that have similar high production or to get a bull that could breed with other cows to birth other high milk-producing cows. This kind of genetic modification is also regularly performed today.
A modern technique used for genetic modification is that scientists will identify the genes responsible for giving a plant desirable qualities, and using bacteria or viruses, modify the DNA of other plants to develop that desirable quality.
Some say GMO food is needed to feed the world, but many believe the herbicide resistant and Bt varieties that have been developed are nothing more than a profit source for the corporations that developed them.
To combat pest and disease and yield a larger harvest. Most bugs are becoming resistant to GM crops. And the GM crops con not reproduce on their own, so these companys that make GM foods have a hold on the organic seed market making it harder for natural farmers to grow their own crops and the pollen gets blown onto organic fields preventing them from producing seeds. Messed up ain't it.
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Why do you need genetically modified food?
There is a lot of talk about how genetically modified food is needed, but no real evidence that it is needed.
What can happen if you eat food that's not been genetically modified?
death. Nothing, food that hasn't been genetically modified is natural food. The kind of food people have been eating for thousands of years. Something is more likely to happen to you if you eat genetically modified food.
Why genetically modified food is required?
It isn't.
Is genetically modified food in Lebanon?
Yes
How was genetically modified food created?
Genetically modified food is created in a lab by removing a gene from one organism and forcing it into an organism of a different species.
What foods cannot be genetically modified?
Any food that comes from a plant, animal, or other living thing can be genetically modified.
What action has been taken to try and prevent genetically modified food technology developing?
No movement to try to prevent the development of genetically modified food technology is known. There are; however, people who choose not to eat food that is known to be genetically modified, due to questions about the health and environmental effects of genetically modifying plants used for food.
What does GMF stand for?
GMF = Genetically Modified Food
When did genetically modifying foods begin?
The first genetically modified food began in 1994. Scientist genetically modified a tomato which didn't ripen so quickly after it was picked.
What are three foods that can be genetically modified?
Any food can be genetically modified through genetic engineering. Three foods that have been genetically engineered are corn, soy, and canola.
What is Genetically modified food about?
Its almost the same as cloning fruit.
What are the human rights of genetically modified food?
none, not human
