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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Genetically modified rice that contains beta-carotene, widely known as Golden Rice (GR), has not yet been introduced in any country. It was developed to address Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in low-income rice consumers, but currently needs much more development and testing before it can be introduced into farmers’ fields. GR is the most famous biofortification effort undertaken with modern biotec...

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•We present the first description of a nest of the Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani), an understory species that ranges from southeastern Honduras to northwestern Ecuador The opencup nest was found in June 2002, in the Republic of Panama, and was located on the leaf litter between the buttresses of a Virola surinamensis tree. The nest contained two ovoid, whitish eggs with reddish-br...

EVALUATION OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS Seventy-third report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Foods Derived from Biotechnology Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

EVALUATION OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS Sixty-eighth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants : sixty-eighth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its auth...