Transgênicos: avaliação da possível (in)segurança alimentar através da produção científica Transgenic products: a scientific-production evaluation of possible food (in)security... by Maria Clara Coelho Camara, Carmem L.C. Marinho, Maria Cristina Rodrigues Guilam, Rubens Onofre Nodari

“…The main conclusion involves the fact that the eight analyzed articles do not speak to the question of the security but rather the insecurity of genetically modified foods.…”
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Multiagent Diffusion and Opinion Dynamics Model Interaction Effects on Controversial Products by Sheng-Wen Wang, Chung-Yuan Huang, Chuen-Tsai Sun

“…Simulations were used to study dynamic diffusion processes involving controversial products (e.g., vaccines and genetically modified foods) in different social networks. Results indicate that the proposed model accurately reflects several kinds of social phenomena, including pioneer influences, rural marketing strategies, and the influence of social network structure. …”
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Sustainable transformation agenda for enhanced global food and nutrition security: a narrative review by Oluwatoyin Oluwole, Olubunmi Ibidapo, Temiloluwa Arowosola, Fatima Raji, Renata Puppin Zandonadi, Ibrahim Alasqah, Linda Heejung Lho, Heesup Han, António Raposo

“…This paper elucidates the drivers of food insecurity including food losses, escalating population growth, hunger, and food production, among others, and provided some transformation approaches such as value addition through appropriate and emerging food processing and preservation techniques, application of biotechnological options through genetically modified foods and functional foods consumption and integration of indigenous underutilized nutrient-dense food crops which could serve as all-inclusive and sustainable transformation options for enhanced food and nutrition security, especially in developing countries, which is where the hunger burden and the prevalence of malnutrition and non-communicable diseases are high.…”
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Iridoid Derivatives as Anticancer Agents: An Updated Review from 1970–2022 by Tanaka Ndongwe, Bwalya A. Witika, Nontobeko P. Mncwangi, Madan S. Poka, Phumzile P. Skosana, Patrick H. Demana, Beverley Summers, Xavier Siwe-Noundou

“…The exponential rise in cancer prevalence is largely attributable to the growing change toward a sedentary lifestyle and modern diets, which include genetically modified foods. At present, the prominent treatments for cancer are chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation. …”
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The COMPARE Database: A Public Resource for Allergen Identification, Adapted for Continuous Improvement by Ronald van Ree, Dexter Sapiter Ballerda, M. Cecilia Berin, Laurent Beuf, Alexander Chang, Gabriele Gadermaier, Paul A. Guevera, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Emir Islamovic, Liisa Koski, John Kough, Gregory S. Ladics, Scott McClain, Kyle A. McKillop, Shermaine Mitchell-Ryan, Clare A. Narrod, Lucilia Pereira Mouriès, Syril Pettit, Lars K. Poulsen, Andre Silvanovich, Ping Song, Suzanne S. Teuber, Suzanne S. Teuber, Suzanne S. Teuber, Christal Bowman

“…Motivation: The availability of databases identifying allergenic proteins via a transparent and consensus-based scientific approach is of prime importance to support the safety review of genetically-modified foods and feeds, and public safety in general. …”
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GM foods and syariah principles: with special reference to GM wheat and soy / Siti Nor Syahidah Ismail, Azfahanim Rajaluddin and Fadzlin Mohd Yunos by Ismail, Siti Nor Syahidah, Rajaluddin, Azfahanim, Mohd Yunos, Fadzlin

“…Genetically Modified Foods (wheat and soy) are widely spread in this world. …”
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Gender, Climate Change and Food Insecurity: A Zimbabwean Rastafari Perspective by Fortune Sibanda

“…Rastas are skeptical towards the use of Genetically Modified Foods. The research concludes that despite gender disparities in the movement, the agency of women Rastas is expressed through, inter alia, natural living, Ital foodways and waste management in the context of ecological crisis and food insecurity. …”
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How media empower the vulnerable: Using community structure theory to analyze relationships between demographics and health reporting by John C. Pollock

“…In addition, broad measures of “macro” vulnerability conditions (agricultural dependence, political instability) are associated with “government” responsibility coverage for a wide range of health issues (genetically modified foods, drug trafficking, condom promotion, and food security). …”
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Metabolomics in food safety and quality control by Khatib, Alfi

“…Finally, this approach have been used to detect genetically modified foods due to food safety issue. …”
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Public health risks related to food safety issues in the food market: a systematic literature review by Zemichael Gizaw

“…Microbial contamination of foods, chemical contamination of foods, food adulteration, misuse of food additives, mislabeling, genetically modified foods (GM foods), and outdated foods or foods past their use-by dates were the identified food safety–related public health risks in the food market. …”
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Analyzing Twitter Conversation on Genome-Edited Foods and Their Labeling in Japan by Yutaka Tabei, Sachiko Shimura, Sachiko Shimura, Sachiko Shimura, Yeondae Kwon, Shizu Itaka, Shizu Itaka, Nobuko Fukino

“…A preceding study’s results found that there is public concern with regard to the safety of high-tech foods, such as genetically modified foods and genome-edited foods. Twitter, one of the most popular social networks, allows users to post their opinions instantaneously, making it an extremely useful tool to collect what people are actually saying online in a timely manner. …”
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A short history of food by Ivica Balen, Marica Jandrić-Balen

“…Later, after the industrial revolution, there was mechanisation in agriculture, the discovery of artificial fertilisers (Haber-Bosch process), the development of pesticides, numerous new varieties of hybrid grains, the introduction of hormones and antibiotics into agricultural production, and the emergence of genetically modified foods. We also anticipate that the next important step will be the production of cultured tissue meat, as today’s technologies allow us to produce all tissues, even those of animals that no longer exist, gradually reducing the need to slaughter domestic and wild animals for food. …”
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Apresentação Introduction by Jalcione Almeida, Adriano Premebida, Fabrício Monteiro Neves

“…The discussions and reflections presented in the articles in this dossier, apart from questions of purely academic interest, deal with the perceptions of the major contemporary social controversies, with a strong science and technology component, many of them highlighted in the Brazilian and international media, such as energy issues, climate changes, pollution and industrial waste, human health, genetically modified foods, stem cells and gene therapies, food security and the safe use of natural resources, among other issues.…”
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