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Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials | ISSN: 2155-952X | Volume: 8
July 23-24, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Annual Biotechnology Congress
Bioethics and arguments for and against the human consumption of genetically modified foods in the
scientific literature
Rosa Martha Desentis Mendoza
Universidad Panamericana, México
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n 1994, the FDA approved the first genetically modified food, the Flavr Savr tomato that was introduced to the fresh food
market for consumption by the public, however, it was not commercially viable and two more years later was retired from the
fresh food market. Since then the advances of modern biotechnology and genetically modified foods have had a great growth
and adoption at a global level and considered of great value to society. However, there are controversies and public concern
about transgenic foods and crops, which focus on food security and environmental conservation, whether the consumer has
the right or not to choose, if they are needed to face hunger in the world now or in the future, on intellectual property rights
and ethics. In this work, a systematic review of the scientific literature on pros and cons in relation to the use of genetically
modified organisms for planting and human consumption was made, and an analysis of the findings from the bioethical
perspectives, which allowed us to make a synthesis with which we established what is most appropriate regarding this subject
in the light of bioethical principles. In summary we can say that 70% of the articles reviewed, see the need to regulate the use
and application of GMOs and 44% of the articles support a regulation of biosafety. In other words, most countries, seek to
follow the same rules of control and prevention for the consumption of foods derived from genetically modified organisms
to avoid any risk to human health or environment. Our main recommendation is to continue scientifically founded research
on genetically modified foods and to evaluate them through an International Committee periodically, to detect early negative
effects on ecology, economy and human and animal health.
Biography
Rosa Martha Desentis Mendoza for more than 30 years has been dedicated to research in the science of food for more than 30 years, started with fresh tropical fruit
studying its conservation, later with probiotic microorganisms, also antioxidant enzymes to form polymers with great antioxidant effect. For three years he has been
researching genetically modified foods, especially seeds, from a bioethical perspective. Most countries seek to follow the same rules of control and prevention for
the consumption of foods derived from genetically modified organisms to avoid any risk to human health or the environment. Evaluations should not only start from
an economic base, but from the care of the most important capital of humanity, which is the human product and the ecology that sustains it .
mdesenti@up.edu.mxRosa Martha Desentis Mendoza, J Biotechnol Biomater 2018, Volume: 8
DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X-C3-094