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

在实验室中生产转基因植物的能力 自1983年第一次世界大战以来， 转基因植物模型的成功生产。 转基因 已经为许多食品和饲料厂生产了植物，例如， 苜蓿，油菜，马铃薯，水稻，大豆和番茄，以及 预计未来几年大多数食品和饲料厂都将面临这一问题。 在以下方面进行了大量的科学讨论： 田间引种的农业和环境风险 用于研究和商业的基因工程植物 生产 这次研讨会的目的是审查科学问题， 人类基因工程植物的调控 食物和动物饲料，特别是那些短期的 涉及基因工程植物的应用， 小的（单个或几个）特征良好的基因变化已经被 用来引入新的蛋白质 讲习班的目标是： (1)就合理结论达成共识 根据目前的知识状况，关于食品安全和风险; (2)以确定需要了解的具体 应用程序，以便作出可信的监管决定; （3）就如何满足研究需求提出建议 很满足

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.