Dr. Haider said, adding that the 'Hidden Harms' of bioengineered foods include the potential for the food itself to be toxic, cause allergic reactions, or promote antibiotic resistance.
Doctors are alerting customers to potential "hidden harms" in the meals they buy as the number of bioengineered foods and substances on the market increases.
Bioengineered food is defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a consumable good that "contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature."
Manufacturers must now label food items with the phrases "bioengineered" or "derived from bioengineering" so that customers will know what they are purchasing, thanks to a new disclosure requirement for bioengineered food that the USDA introduced on Jan. 1, 2022.
Public education is a fantastic place to begin. Dr. Syed Haider is quite concerned about the fact that these...
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