ABSTRACT

Chemicals: Impact on Safety Assessment of Proteins ................................260 11.3 Absorption of Proteins from the GI Tract ................................................... 262 11.4 Summary of Safety Assessments on Proteins ............................................. 262 11.5 Safety Assessment Strategy for Proteins Introduced

into Food/Feed Crops .................................................................................268 11.5.1 Mode of Action and Functionality .................................................268 11.5.2 Bioinformatics ................................................................................269 11.5.3 Digestibility....................................................................................269 11.5.4 Confirmatory Safety Studies ..........................................................269

11.6 Dietary Risk Assessment ............................................................................ 272 11.7 Threshold of Toxicological Concern ........................................................... 273 11.8 The Future ................................................................................................... 276