GMO analysis results from official food control laboratories in Germany from 2017 to 2021.

Autor: Waiblinger HU; State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis Freiburg (CVUA Freiburg), Freiburg, Germany., Eichner CA; Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Food and Veterinary Institute Braunschweig, Hannover, Germany., Näumann G; Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Hamburg, Germany., Busch U; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL), Oberschleißheim, Erlangen, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit = Journal of consumer protection and food safety [J Verbrauch Lebensm] 2023; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 93-99. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 06.
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-023-01425-0
Abstrakt: In Germany, genetically modified organisms (GMO) analysis of food samples collected within the official food control is performed by the laboratories of the Federal States. The present report shows GMO analysis results from food samples of the years 2017 to 2021, including contaminations by unauthorized GMO, as well as genetically modified (GM) plant events authorized in the European Union. In addition to previous publications, evaluation of the aggregated food samples analysed for GMO components is shown. During this timeframe, 1077 (7.1%) out of 15,145 samples contained genetic modification. In 43 samples, DNA sequences of unauthorized GM plants were found. Additionally, for food derived from soybean, evaluations according to different product categories and the agronomic production (conventional and organic farming) are shown. Whereas in products from organic farming and in conventional soybeans labelled "without genetic engineering" GM soybeans were detected in 6.1% and 8.9%, of all tested samples, respectively, nearly 30% of all conventional soy samples yielded positive results below 0.1%. However, only in 0.7% of the overall analysed 5424 soybean samples GMO percentages of more than 0.1% were obtained. Generally, authorized GM plants were only found at low contamination levels. The labelling threshold of 0.9% for GM ingredients was exceeded only in 0.2% (maize) and 0.1% (soybean) samples, respectively. For monitoring purposes and risk evaluation, the data collection shall be continued.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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