GM Food Flashcards
For: increased nutritional value
Better flavour and colour
Elimination of allergy-causing properties in some foods
Mass production
Greater resistence to environmental changes
Opponents:
We are not aware of the steps involved before gm food are made available for sale.
GM Crops have not been tasted adequately for their safety as food
Altering genes could lead to unforeseen problems.
Tampering with nature by mixing genes among species is not right.
We can never be sure whether GM food have been tested appropriately or not.
Genetic modification
Genetic alteration
Bio-engineered food
Genetically modified food
Genetically engineered food
Genetically modified crop
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Functional food
Enriched food
Organic agriculture
Organic farming
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A trangenic animal or plant contains one or more genes that have been added from another type of plant or animal.
Transgenic💚
Containing no additives
Additive free
Free from the use of artificial chemicals
Chemical-free
Using GE techniques to modify the DNA of plants
Biotech Crops