Reiss, Michael; (2003) Ethics and biosafety: plant genetic engineering – food safety issues. In: Thomas, Brian, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences. (pp. 301-305). Elsevier Science: Oxford, UK.

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Abstract

An enormous amount has been written both about the ethics of plant genetic engineering and about the safety of foods resulting from plant genetic engineering. This article aims to clarify what is meant by food safety, to discuss how it might be established whether or nor foods made from genetically engineered plants are safe, and to examine the ethical issues raised by these issues. Too much of the debate about plant genetic engineering consists of opposing camps shouting across each other. My hope is that this article might establish some areas of agreement and indicate where more work needs to be done.

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