In many countries, genetically modified organisms (GMO) legislations have been established in order to guarantee the traceability of food/feed products on the market and to protect the consumer freedom of choice. Therefore, several GMO detection strategies, mainly based on DNA, have been developed to implement these legislations. Due to its numerous advantages, the quantitative PCR (qPCR) is th...

Despite the controversy of whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are beneficial or harmful for humans, animals, and/or ecosystems, the number of cultivated GMOs is increasing every year. Many countries and federations have implemented safety and surveillance systems for GMOs. Potent testing technologies need to be developed and implemented to monitor the increasing number of GMOs. First...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) hold enormous potential to improve human and environmental health, yet may also entail potential risks. GMO regulation in the European Union, as in most countries, occurs solely via a risk analysis, with no consideration given to benefits of the proposed technology, nor to the relative risks of competing technologies. Thus, decision-making is not contextual...

Using precise pollen species determination by conventional microscopic methods, accompanied by molecular genetic markers, we found bees collect GMO (genetically modified) soybean pollen and incorporate it in Yucatan honey. Honey comb samples from Las Flores, Campeche, Mexico, often contained soybean pollen. Pollen in honey was analyzed in nine samples; six contained substantial soy pollen and t...

Detection of GMO material in crop and food samples is the primary step in GMO monitoring and regulation, with the increasing number of GM events in the world market requiring detection solutions with high multiplexing capacity. In this study, we test the suitability of a high-density oligonucleotide microarray platform for direct, quantitative detection of GMOs found in the Turkish feed market....

Anthropogenic forces, such as petroleum spills and the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, have caused an accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the environment. The accumulation of petroleum and its derivatives now constitutes an important environmental problem. Biocatalysis introduces new ways to improve the development of bioremediation strategies. The recent application of molecular t...

The article is based on publicly available data, namely European legislation and instructions or recommendations/guidelines dealing with the field of GMO labelling in Slovenia. Using a comparative research method, importance GMO-free products GMO-labelled was analysed. analysis comparison basic terms each other (i.e., products, non-GMO-labelled products), review legal definition control over us...

Consumers may infer a policy maker’s private information about relevant economic variables from its policy choice. I study this inference effect and its policy implications in the context of mandatory product content disclosure. I find that mandatory disclosure does not always benefit consumers. For example, by observing the government’s requirement to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs...

As the amount of commercially available genetically modified organisms (GMOs) grows recent years, the diversity of target sequences for molecular detection techniques are eagerly needed. Considered as the gold standard for GMO analysis, the real-time PCR technology was optimized to produce a high-throughput GMO screening method. With this method we can detect 19 transgenic targets. The specific...

1. Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, 10 Adelaide, Australia 11 2. Robinson Research Institute, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, The 12 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 13 14 15 Author Contributions: Conception and Design GMO, MCR, JGS 16 Data collection and analysis – GMO, JGS 17 Interpretation of results GMO, MCR, JGS 18 ...