4. How is a safety assessment of GM food conducted?
The safety assessment of GM foods generally focuses on: (a) direct
health effects (toxicity), (b) potential to provoke allergic reaction
(allergenicity); (c) specific components thought to have nutritional or
toxic properties; (d) the stability of the inserted gene; (e)
nutritional effects associated with genetic modification; and (f) any
unintended effects which could result from the gene insertion.c
reaction (allergenicity), gene transfer and outcrossing.(Pantella 2007)