May 30th (Reporter Guan Yadong correspondent Hu Xinnan) Whether we are willing or not, genetically modified foods have entered everyone’s life. Yesterday afternoon, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Municipal Center for the Introduction of Improved Variety of Crops held a publicity campaign on genetically modified food safety in Meilin Village. Faced with the view that experts believe that the foods approved by the government are basically safe, the citizens who come to consult do not seem to have “ Buy it."

Most genetically modified foods are foreign goods

Which foods on the market are genetically modified? “At present, the largest marketization is edible oil. Major oil companies import GM soybeans and corn from the United States, Canada, and South America, and use them for oil extraction. At present, 77% of the global soybean planting area is genetically modified soybeans.” Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention Deng Pingjian, director of the Department of Molecular Biology and Medicine, said that the only government approved genetically modified crops for commercial operations is only cotton.

However, experts also said that including potatoes, rapeseed, and tomatoes have also been marketed for genetically modified products in foreign countries. Fries, potato chips, and other foods consumed by consumers may also be genetically modified raw materials. In addition, the most famous genetically modified fruit is Hawaiian papaya. This kind of papaya introduced from abroad has been planted in Hainan and other places. About 80% of the papaya in our market is genetically modified.

For the people concerned about the discovery of “GM rice” in a large supermarket in Shenzhen, Director Deng Jianjian said that according to his understanding, although this rice has not been approved by the state, it has already had R&D time of 78 years, and these rice are flowing from the market. R & D channels come.

For a long time, in animal feeding, a large amount of antibiotics and other veterinary drugs are often added to the feed for the purpose of disease prevention, resulting in the high residual of harmful drugs in livestock and poultry meat foods. Now, in order to increase livestock production, some genetically modified broilers, beef cattle and other species are also ubiquitous. It can be said that GM products have gone deep into everyday life.

Safe or not nobody can "package tickets"

“You said that genetically modified food is safe. It was born in the 1980s and it is now 30 years old. The harm to a generation cannot be reflected.” Yesterday, Mr. Chen, a resident of Meilin Village, issued an issue to experts. This question.

In this regard, Deng Pingjian said that this is also the issue most people care about, and the safety of genetically modified foods. There are currently two concepts, one that is certainly not as good as nature, which may lead to genetic contamination of traditional organisms. Many environmental protection organizations, such as Greenpeace, the World Wide Fund for Nature and Friends of the Earth, believe that they cannot assess their risks. One concept is that every GM food has entered the market and has undergone more than ten years of safety testing. Moreover, our country also has a strict system of approval and traceability. Genetically modified foods should be safe.

As for whether it is safe in the end, Director Deng Pingjian made an analogy. For example, tetracycline has gradually found its side effects after being put into the market. At present, the Chinese government requires mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods and foods containing genetically modified ingredients on the market. If the product dares to clearly identify the goods, it will prove that it has undergone rigorous inspections by the state and the public can choose to use it with confidence.

Is it difficult to distinguish GM citizens?

Regarding the so-called compulsory marking, the reporter saw at a large supermarket in Jingtian that the composition of the golden dragon fish deep-sea fish oil blend oil sold in a bottle revealed that it did not have special labels such as green food and pollution-free food. Instead, it is removed from the normal ingredient list. However, some other brands of edible oil, greatly wrote on their own packaging, "non-genetically modified." However, in the fruit area, whether it is papaya or tomato, it is impossible to see the relevant logo.

In response, Hou Hongli, director of the Inspection Department of the Municipal Agricultural Crop Importing Center, stated that in the United States and Hong Kong, genetically modified foods are voluntary marks, while our country is a compulsory mark, requiring respect for the people’s right to know and choice. However, there is no special symbol for genetically modified foods. People should look at the ingredient list when they purchase it. The testing department conducted tests on Yimin tofu and other products consumed by the general public. No genetically modified ingredients were found at present.

Can the public judge from the appearance or other characteristics whether they have purchased genetically modified food? Minister Hou Hongli made it clear that this is unlikely because the detection of genetically modified organisms is a molecular level experiment. Even after processed products undergo high temperature and other treatments, the molecular components are destroyed and professional instruments cannot detect them.

At present, the most important thing for genetically modified foods is to make good use of them. Like Europe or the United States, most people can buy their own genetically modified, organic or general food products when they buy in supermarkets, respecting the people’s right to information and independent choice.

Author: Nan Xin Hu Yadong pipe

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