Genetic Engineering and Society Center

Regarding Genetically Modified Foods, does historical reality and social skepticism still matter? It depends.

Bacteria rule the planet and we are going nowhere without their blessing.

While the sections of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act governing food ingredient regulation have remained largely unchanged since the passage of the Food Additives Amendment of 1958, the FDA has shown that it is able to effectively regulate ingredients manufactured using new technologies under these existing broad statutory authorities to ensure the safety of substances added to food.