Potatoes, members of the Solanaceae plant family, serve as major, inexpensive low-fat food
sources providing energy (starch), high-quality protein, fiber, and vitamins. Potatoes also …

The compositional equivalency between genetically modified (GM) crops and nontransgenic
comparators has been a fundamental component of human health safety assessment for 20 …

Abstract This Scientific Opinion addresses the formulation of specific development needs,
including research requirements for allergenicity assessment and protein safety, in general …

According to the information reported by the WHO, the genetically modified (GM) products
that are currently on the international market have all passed risk assessments conducted by …

For the last ten years, in accordance with the increased use of genetically modified (GM)
foods for human and livestocks, a large number of feeding studies have been carried out …

Selectable marker gene systems are vital for the development of transgenic crops. Since the
creation of the first transgenic plants in the early 1980s and their subsequent …

Potato plants synthesize phenolic compounds as protection against bruising and injury from
bacteria, fungi, viruses, and insects. Because antioxidative phenolic compounds are also …

New crop varieties containing traits such as enhanced nutritional profiles, increased yield,
and tolerance to drought are being developed. In some cases, these new traits are …

There is disagreement internationally across major regulatory jurisdictions on the relevance
and utility of whole food (WF) toxicity studies on GM crops, with no harmonization of data or …

In order to arrive at a high level science-based risk assessment of chemicals in food, and of
whole food and feed where appropriate, animal studies may be needed, although extensive …