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The GMO Show!

The GMO Show!. The GMO Show!. Identify the false statement in each set of Facts. The first word of each FALSE statement will be used to spell out a topic of the day. The GMO Show!. Each of the following are GE products EXCEPT FlavrSavr Tomatoes Bt Corn for insect resistance

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The GMO Show!

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  1. The GMO Show!

  2. The GMO Show! Identify the false statement in each set of Facts. The first word of each FALSE statement will be used to spell out a topic of the day.

  3. The GMO Show! Each of the following are GE products EXCEPT • FlavrSavr Tomatoes • Bt Corn for insect resistance • Chymosin enzyme for Cheese • Soybean with Enhanced Height

  4. The GMO Show! Biotechnology has done all of the following EXCEPT: • Milk production increased • Produced insulin from bacteria • Flight or fight response increase in llamas • Glow in the dark pigs

  5. The GMO Show! Biotechnology has created plants with all of the following EXCEPT • RoundUp Ready soybeans • Insect-resistant corn • Vitamin-A enhanced rice • Coyote deterrent in pasture grass

  6. The GMO Show! NOW take the three words you have: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) (6) (6) To form a topic of the day: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (13) (6)

  7. The GMO Show! NOW take the three words you have: SOYBEAN FLIGHT COYOTE To form a topic of the day: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (13) (6)

  8. The GMO Show! NOW take the three words you have: SOYBEAN FLIGHT COYOTE To form a topic of the day: BIOTECHNOLOGY SAFETY

  9. Biotechnology The Applications of Biotechnology The Process to Develop GE Food Products Safety of BioTech Foods Current Use of Biotechnology in Agriculture Outreach in Biotechnology Oregon State University Wes Crawford May 24, 2006

  10. The Approval Process TRAIT DISCOVERY Early-stage risk analysis USDA EPA FDA PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Advanced risk analysis SAFETY ASSESSMENT Regulatory approval COMMERCIALIZATION

  11. The Approval Process USDA - APHIS U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotech/ EPA - Environmental Protection Agency http://epa.gov FDA - Food & Drug Administration http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov

  12. The Approval Process • Within the perspective of regulating biotechnology in the United States: • USDA • EPA • FDA

  13. The Approval Process • USDA • U.S. Department of Agriculture • Plants, plant pests, veterinary biologics • Primary mission: “Safe to grow”

  14. The Approval Process • EPA • Environmental Protection Agency • Microbial/plant pesticides • New uses of existing pesticides • Novel microorganisms • Primary mission: “Safe for the environment”

  15. The Approval Process • FDA • Food and Drug Administration • Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition • Food, feed, food additives, veterinary drugs, human drugs, and medical devices • Primary mission: “Safe to eat”

  16. FDA Food Safety Initiative Surveillance Inspections Risk Assessment Research Education Coordination

  17. FDA

  18. “Substantial Equivalence” • Substantial Equivalence: • Compares foods (food ingredients) from genetically-modified crops to their conventional counterparts • Origin of genes • Agronomic parameters • Key nutrients / anti-nutrients • Consumption “Relative safety”

  19. “Substantial Equivalence” • Substantially equivalent to conventional counterpart: no further testing • Substantially equivalent to conventional counterpart except for introduced trait(s) focus assessment on trait(s) / gene product(s) • Not substantially equivalent to accepted food or food component: combined nutritional / toxicological assessment

  20. Food Safety: BioTech ARE THEY SAFE?

  21. Public and BioTech What, if anything, are you most concerned about when it comes to food safety? (1,000 respondents) Food handling / prep Disease / contamination Ingredients Packaging Chemicals / pesticides Other Nothing Genetically engineered Don’t know Percent (%) Source: International Food Information Council, 2002

  22. Public and BioTech What food-related items do you identify as serious health risks? Bacteria Product tampering Pesticide residues Eating past sell/use date Antibiotics/hormones Supermarket handling Biotech foods Irradiated foods Percent (%) Source: Food Marketing Institute, Wash. DC, Consumer Attitudes and the Supermarket, 2003

  23. Food Safety: BioTech • FDA Perspective • (1992) After lengthy debate, industry researchers and government regulators concluded that biotech crops and food ingredients do not compositionally differ in any substantial way from ordinary food products • Therefore, they should be regulated by the same standards applied to non-GM crops and foods

  24. Biotechnology and Safety • No other foods in history have been tested and observed as diligently as those developed from modern biotechnology • For more than two decades before approval for the consumer market, GM crops and their derivatives were laboratory- and field-tested to ensure safety for human and animal consumption

  25. Biotechnology: Overview • What We Know: • What Biotechnology means • Biotech=GE=GM=GMO • What DNA is • How DNA is used in Biotechnology • How it is approved • Where it is being used today

  26. Biotechnology Biotechnology and Agriculture Perceptions: the Public and Biotechnology Investigate! Public Perceptions of Biotechnology

  27. Survey Says! • BEFORE YOU START: • Tell them WHAT you are talking about! • Unless your question is to see what they know • Example: Biotechnology involves altering the genes in organisms we use for food, clothing, or medicine.

  28. Survey Says! • Secrets to great Survey Questions: 1) Make it multiple choice! GOOD: Yes / No / I don’t know GOOD: 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6 / 7-8 / 9+ GOOD: Agree / Neutral / Disagree

  29. Survey Says! • Secrets to great Survey Questions: 2) Make it specific! BAD: Do you shower? GOOD: Did you shower at least once a day in the past 7 days?

  30. Survey Says! • Secrets to great Survey Questions: 3) Make it neutral! (Don’t make it a leading question!) BAD: Biotechnology makes kittens cry. Do you think Biotech is good? GOOD: Do you believe the benefits of biotechnology outweigh the drawbacks?

  31. Survey Says! • Secrets to great Survey Questions: 1) Make it multiple choice! 2) Make it specific! 3) Make it neutral!

  32. GRAPH TITLE GOES HERE! 5 4 3 2 1 0 Number of responses/etc Dogs Cats Monkeys Type of response/answer

  33. Public and BioTech What, if anything, are you most concerned about when it comes to food safety? (1,000 respondents) Food handling / prep Disease / contamination Ingredients Packaging Chemicals / pesticides Other Nothing Genetically engineered Don’t know Percent (%) Source: International Food Information Council, 2002

  34. Public and BioTech What food-related items do you identify as serious health risks? Bacteria Product tampering Pesticide residues Eating past sell/use date Antibiotics/hormones Supermarket handling Biotech foods Irradiated foods Percent (%) Source: Food Marketing Institute, Wash. DC, Consumer Attitudes and the Supermarket, 2003

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