What is the definition of 'GM food'?

Answer 1

They are foods that have been 'genetically modified' (taking some genetic information from another source and inserting it into the plant you wish to grow) to give the plant beneficial properties - e.g disease resistance (preventing starvation in third world countries), additional vitamins (important in countries which rely upon one grain as their primary foodsource), increasing drought tolerance or growth rate. I think, so far GM foods are not currently allowed into the human foodchain directly - however I believe cattle and animals for human consumption can be fed GM feeds.

Answer 2

GMO food is food that comes from plants that have been genetically modified in a lab through a process that extracts a gene from one organism and inserts it into another, unrelated organism.

Some refer to this process as hybridization, but true hybridization is a totally unrelated process in which plants of the same species are selectively bred.

Answer 3

Genetically Enginered Modified Organisms (GMO's)

Sometimes scientists take the genetic code from two seperate organisms and make a whole new hybrid,spieces, crop, or bio-engineered drug. The most controversal is genetically engineered crops that already have pesticides or herbicides toxins in the very seeds. Some even use bacteria, viruses or chemical toxins to engineer a pest resistant crop. Other areas is the cross genetic engineering various species.

This has led questions about possible risks. These modifications may have long-term threat future environmental eco-systems and future human health by natural modification evolution or natural selective adaption create harmful mutations.

Genetic modification's positive approach supportive argument is used in the food industry to feed exploding population growth to prevent global starvation or create new drugs through gene therapy treating cancer to heiridatary diseases therefore offering cures. Also, the development of synthetics that eliminate the use already endangered plant or animal species under strain from over consumption and threat extinction from already imposed human activity.

Whether such scientific risks are truly safe and containable or instead potential alter all environments all life endangered of scientifc induced extinction is unknown with a relatively new science. The largest worry is science developing into deliberate specices genetic induced bio-genocide or toxin bio-markers warfare. Therefore, "Genetic Modification" sciences are viewed as both a necessity and a evil. One example enforce DNA insect into a plant utilized radiation (1980's a lighting bug & tobbacco plant developed a tobbacco plant that was capable to produce light)..

"Original notes bioluminescence genetic research earliest 1952-1957, as contributor holds family relation archives (scientific publications reference patents 1968, 1974 &1977)intent replacement using radon or mass production synthetic bioluminescence."

Many are questioning if GMO's are the culprit in increased cancers, children born with autism, bee colony collapse, MRSA(a anti-biotic resistant strep virus) and ever increasing species that are under threat extinction due to sensitivity environmental changes..... as they are seeing changes soil and water composition with chemicals, bacterium or viruses. All not historically presented before as possible residual or waste. Yet the same science is used unravel and/or treat rhese very issues.

"As stated italics reference bioluminescnce genetics seeking eliminating one destructive science or technology for improved version. History prior scientific injury, gentics is vastly mistrusted science of today."

Answer 4

a crop that has been changed by someone unnaturally

Answer 5

Genetically Modified. GM foods are often harmful to humans and potentially can cause heart failure and cancer.