Genetically modified foods : safety issues / Karl-Heinz Engel, Gary R. Takeoka, Roy Teranishi, [editors].

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1995.

x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at the 208th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 21-25, 1994"

Foods and food ingredients produced via recombinant DNA techniques : an overview / Karl-Heinz Engel, Gary R. Takeoka, and Roy Teranishi -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy for foods developed by biotechnology / J.H. Maryanski -- Regulatory oversight and safety assessment of genetically modified foods in the European Union / K.-H. Engel ... [et al.] -- Administrative oversight to ensure safety of biotechnologically produced foods in Japan / Ryoji Takahara -- The role of the public and federal advisory committees in providing advice to the government on agricultural science policy / Alvin L. Young and Daniel D. Jones -- Safety assessment of flavor ingredients produced by genetically modified organisms / J.B. Hallagan and R.L. Hall -- Determination of the safety of genetically engineered crops / Keith Redenbaugh ... [et al.] -- Exotic germ plasm or engineered genes : comparison of genetic strategies to improve fruit quality / Alan B. Bennett, Roger Chetelat, and Ellen Klann -- The potential for allergenicity in transgenic foods / Oscar L. Frick -- Use of plant virus genes to produce disease-resistant crops / Lynn E. Murry -- Molecular cloning of cereal cystatins and evaluation of their antiviral and antipest effects / S. Arai ... [et al.] -- Safety assessment of the Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein CRYIA(b) expressed in transgenic tomatoes / H.P.J.M. Noteborn ... [et al.] -- Safety assessment of potatoes resistant to Colorado potato beetle / P.B. Lavrik ... [et al.] -- Improvement of beer brewing by using genetically modified yeast / J. Vogel, K. Wackerbauer, and U. Stahl -- Genetic modification of brewer's yeast to produce acetolactate decarboxylase and the safety aspects of the beer brewed by the transformed yeast / R. Takahashi ... [et al.] -- Safety aspects of genetically modified lactic acid bacteria / W.P. Hammes, C. Hertel, and C. Cavadini -- Enzymes from genetically modified microorganisms / Sven Pedersen, Bent F. Jensen, and Steen T. Jørgensen -- Progress in genetic modifications of farm animals / V.G. Pursel.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes