Aquatic Biotechnology and Food Safety

Abstract

Modern biotechnology could have an important impact on the scope of genetic changes that can be made to food organisms derived from aquatic sources, as well as on the range of possible sources of food. This publication presents the scientific papers given at the symposium on Aquatic Biotechnology and Food Safety held in Bergen, Norway, in June 1992 which sought to identify food safety implications that might be unique to modern aquatic biotechnology. In addition, the discussion points and conclusions of the meeting of the OECD Working Group on Food Safety and Biotechnology that followed the symposium are included here. This publication therefore will be of special interest to those involved in carrying out safety evaluations of new foods or food components derived by means of modern biotechnology.