Anti-sense And Common-sense: Regulation of Food From Genetically Engineered Plants

Anti-sense And Common-sense: Regulation of Food From Genetically Engineered Plants

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Anti-sense And Common-sense: Regulation of Food From Genetically Engineered Plants

dc.contributor.advisor	Hutt, Peter Barton	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rabinowitz, Stephen S.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-15T20:26:54Z
dc.date.issued	1994	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Anti-sense And Common-sense: Regulation of Food From Genetically Engineered Plants (1994 Third Year Paper)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8889464
dc.description.abstract	Genetic engineering technology has recently generated techniques for making specific and precise alterations to the genetic composition of crops grown as food for humans and animals. These advances should facilitate the development of crops with enhanced resistance to diseases, pests and bad weather, improved tolerance of environmentally safer herbicides, and greater nutritional value. However, the very power of these techniques has raised fears of potential ecological catastrophe, as well as religious and aesthetic questions that arise from the prospect of vegetables containing genes ultimately derived from fish and animals. This essay briefly reviews the nature of the technology and its potential benefits and risks. It then discusses the regulatory framework with particular emphasis on the regulatory strategy adopted by FDA. Finally, it suggests that FDA's stance, while legally and scientifically defensible, is strategically misconceived in that stricter regulation would promote public acceptance of this technology.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dash.license	LAA	en_US
dc.subject	Food and Drug Law	en
dc.subject	genetic engineering	en
dc.subject	biotechnology	en
dc.subject	biotech	en
dc.title	Anti-sense And Common-sense: Regulation of Food From Genetically Engineered Plants	en
dc.type	Paper (for course/seminar/workshop)	en_US
dc.date.available	2012-06-15T20:26:54Z