GMO foods are safe
The Institute of Nutrition of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation assured of the safety of products with GMOs
Today, Nielsen has published the results of a study according to which 41% of Russians trust the designation "GMO-free" on food. In 2019, sales of products with such labels doubled.
Head of the Laboratory of Safety Assessment of Biotechnologies and New Food Sources of the Federal Center for Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Nadezhda Tyshko told the radio station "Moscow Speaks" about the absence of harm in such food.
"In terms of safety, as a hygienic toxicologist, I can say that I have been doing this [GMO research] for about 20 years - there has been no scientific evidence accepted by the scientific community that GMOs can be harmful. It's just a new level of breeding approaches and just plain food. All GMOs that are currently allowed in the Russian Federation are safe for food use."
According to Tyshko, the marking label has exclusively legal value.
"There is no question of any danger. It's about respecting consumers' rights to information about what they eat. GMO labeling is provided for by legislation, the law on consumer protection and the technical regulations of the Customs Union. If you want to exclude GMOs from the diet, you can just do it with labeling, that's the point."
Genetically modified organisms are created using genetic engineering methods. This significantly reduces the cost of food products.
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