GMO/Meat,
Milk and Eggs
Addresses:
All government approved European corn borer resistant and herbicide tolerant proteins
contained in biotech crops. CryIA, Glufosinate and Glyphosate
proteins
DuPont,
Pioneer and Optimum support rigorous testing and regulatory safeguards that consider both
human health and environmental protection.
· A
comprehensive, rigorous assessment of products developed with new technology validates
that GMO products are safe.
· The
testing for GMO products, both voluntary and mandated, is more thorough than for any other
plant genetic products on the market. We support this testing. (USDA, EPA and FDA)
· The
regulatory system in the U.S. has an excellent track record for a safe food supply.
· We
voluntarily conduct safety assessments at the earliest stages of product concept and
development, before mandatory regulatory testing.
· We
test products before, during and after commercialization.
· Internationally,
we adhere to the regulatory systems in place.
· Biotech
has allowed us to know as much or more about these proteins than those currently in plant
products.
· We
are committed to working closely with interested parties to openly discuss the issues.
The safety
of these specific proteins:
· These
proteins are from sources with no history of toxicity or allergenicitygy.
· These
proteins do not resemble known toxins or allergens.
· These
proteins are expressed at low levels when major allergens are usually found in large
amounts.
· Protein
safety was confirmed by the lack of adverse effects in mice that were fed 100X the level
of routine consumption.
Voluntary Testing
· We
voluntarily conduct safety assessments at the earliest stages of product concept and
development, before mandatory regulatory testing, and after product commercialization.
Studies show that animals perform in a comparable manner when fed feedstuffs from biotech cropscorn products as compared to feedstuffs
from conventional cropscorn
products.
· Nutritional composition of biotech crops is the same as conventional crops.
· 263
animal feeding studies using biotech crops corn have been completed or are in progress. The results have been
or will be shared publicly.
(Should we add more on studies
showing amount/quality of milk, feed intake, grazing, etc?)
Feed
performance studies confirm that biotech corn products are nutritionally equivalent to
conventional corn for livestock feed.
Proteins
from these traits have not been detected in meat or milk other animalproducts.
· Research
to date shows no evidence of these proteins in meat or other animal products.
· Animal
digestive systems are a hostile environment that degrades DNA
and most proteins.
Theto peptides and amino acidsand peptides.
·DNA
detection technology is so sensitive that unless rigorous procedures are followed during
sampling and analysis, the data generated could lead to false conclusions.as is the case with other proteins.
·Unless
rigorous protocols are followed during sampling and analysis, DNA technology is so
sensitive that contamination of the sample may lead to detection.
·DNA
and proteins are present in all plant material and part of diet. (Do we want to include
this??)
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