| Description |
viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: table d'hôte or à la carte? -- Hors-d'œvres and entées -- Cooking school primer: molecular genetics for everyone -- Home cooking! DIY guide to genetic engineering -- Salad days? Conventional and GM foods -- Food: the offal truth -- The issues, where's the beef? -- Figure it out -- 'More wine, sir?': the role of science in regulation -- Not on the table: the really scary stuff -- 'Waiter, what do you recommend?': whose serving my best interests? -- More small fry and red herrings -- 'Waiter, I can't understand the menu': labelling problems -- 'Waiter, can't I have a GM-free meal?' -- 'The chef does not share his recipes': intellectual property and GM technology -- Just desserts -- Post-prandial delights: some resources -- Glossary and abbreviations |
| Summary |
"This book aims to provide consumers with all the information they need to make an informed decision about the risks and benefits of genetically modified food. In an accessible and lively manner, the book explains: the technologies underlying GM food; 'natural' methods of plant breeding and production and how they compare with GM technology; the safeguards put in place by regulators around the world - are they sufficient?; the honesty and usefulness of labelling; health and environmental issues arising out of GM technology; the truth behind some of the scare stories; and how consumers can seek to avoid GMOs if they so choose." "By the end of the book, you will be able to decide whether to support or challenge this technology, the products of which are increasingly pervasive."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Consumer protection |
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Food safety |
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Genetically modified food |
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International comparisons |
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Overseas item |
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Safety |
| Notes |
Published in hardback under the title: Pandora's picnic basket : the potential and hazards of genetically modified foods |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Crops -- Genetic engineering.
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Food -- Biotechnology.
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Food.
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Genetically modified foods.
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Plant genetic engineering.
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Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment.
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Transgenic organisms.
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Transgenic plants.
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Food Technology.
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Food, Genetically Modified.
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Biotechnology.
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Plants, Genetically Modified.
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| Author |
McHughenden, Alan
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| LC no. |
00025169 |
| ISBN |
0198506740 |
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0198507143 (paperback) |
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