Geneticallymodifiedfoodsafetyissues生物技术转基因食品安全英文论文..doc

PAGE 1 Genetically modified food safety issues Abstract As we all know,modern biotechnology has brought human numerous benefits:Through the application of biotechnology, a broad and significant increase of food production can be happily seen at global agricultural production. But when we enjoy the enormous benefits of the GM food,a new but alarming problem also came that if these food is safe enough for people?if something seriously happened,what can we do?Maybe you can find some answer in this thesis. Key Words: modern biotechnology GM food safety Contents TOC \o 1-3 \h \u HYPERLINK \l _Toc7701 abstract in English 1 chapter 1 intruduction HYPERLINK \l _Toc16766 . 3 HYPERLINK \l _Toc19082 chapter 2 Status of genetically modified foods 4 HYPERLINK \l _Toc29437 Chapter 3 GM food safety issues 5 Chapter 4 Conclusion HYPERLINK \l _Toc5777 10 HYPERLINK \l _Toc24060 Reference PAGEREF _Toc24060 11 Chapter 1 Introduction What is biotechnology?Maybe not too mang people know its definition accurately.Biotechnology is a technology which can reform and make the use of the natural lives on the ingredient of them by taking advantage of the research finds in life sciences which can greatly follow the will of people.In its purest form,the term biotechnology refers to the use of living organisms or their products to modify human health and the human environment. Biotechnology in one form or another has flourished since prehistoric times. When the first human beings realized that they could plant their own crops and breed their own animals, they learned to use biotechnology. The discovery that fruit juices fermented into wine, or that milk could be converted into cheese or yogurt, or that beer could be made by fermenting solutions of malt and hops began the study of biotechnology. When the first bakers found that they could make a soft, spongy bread rather than a firm, thin cracker, they were acting as fledgling biotechnologists. The first animal breeders, realizing