Workshop Meeting on Genetically-Engineered Plants: Scientific Issues in Their Regulation for Animal Feed and Human Food Uses

自1983年以来，在实验室中生产转基因植物的能力已经显著扩大，这是第一次成功生产转基因植物模型的日期。转基因植物已被用于许多食品和饲料植物，如紫花苜蓿、油菜籽、马铃薯、水稻、大豆和番茄，预计在未来几年内将用于大多数食品和饲料植物。关于田间引进用于研究和商业生产的转基因植物的农业和环境风险，已经进行了大量的科学讨论。该研讨会的目的是审查用于人类食品和动物饲料的基因工程植物的监管中的科学问题，特别是涉及基因工程植物的那类近期应用，在这种植物中，已经进行了小的(单一或少数)特征良好的基因改变，以引入新的蛋白质。研讨会的目标是：(1)根据目前的知识状况，就关于食品安全和风险的合理结论达成共识；(2)确定关于具体应用需要了解的内容，以便能够做出可信的监管决定；以及(3)就如何满足研究需要提出建议。

The ability to produce transgenic plants in the laboratory has expanded significantly since 1983, the date of the first successful production of a model transgenic plant. Transgenic plants have been produced for many food and feed plants, e.g., alfalfa, canola, potato, rice, soybean and tomato, and within the next few years are expected for most food and feed plants. Substantial scientific discussion has occurred with respect to the agricultural and environmental risks of field introduction of genetically-engineered plants for research and commercial production. The purpose of this workshop is to examine scientific issues in the regulation of genetically-engineered plants used for human food and animal feed, especially that class of near-term applications involving genetically-engineered plants in which small (single or a few) well-characterized gene changes have been made to introduce new proteins. The goals of the workshop are: (1) to reach a consensus on what can be reasonably concluded about food safety and risk, given the current state of knowledge; (2) to identify what needs to be known about the specific applications so that credible regulatory decisions can be made; and (3) to develop recommendations on how research need can be fulfilled.