ABSTRACT
Genetically modified (GM) foods are products of advanced manufacturing processes of late modernity driven by a perception that conventional food production cannot feed the worlds growing population. Genetically modified foods are products derived from organisms whose genetic material has been deliberately altered by human intervention through the forced introduction of genes from a non-related organism, in a way that does not usually occur naturally. Such technology is also called genetic engineering or transgenics. Genetic engineering has since been applied experimentally and commercially to produce a large range of genetically modified organisms. Consumers in many countries are voicing serious concerns about the substantial risks that are involved in eating GM food and the harm it can cause, while many scientists believe that the GM food presented on the market for human consumption poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food.
