Research on Safety Awareness and Current Safety Confirmation Methods for Genome-edited Foods
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- Taguchi Chie
- Division of Biochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Shibata Norihito
- Division of Biochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences
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- Kondo Kazunari
- Division of Biochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences Department of Food Safety and Management, Faculty of Food and Health Sciences, Showa Women’s University
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- ゲノム編集食品安全性確保の取り組み周知と現在の安全性確認手法に関する調査研究
- ゲノム ヘンシュウ ショクヒン アンゼンセイ カクホ ノ トリクミ シュウチ ト ゲンザイ ノ アンゼンセイ カクニン シュホウ ニ カンスル チョウサ ケンキュウ
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<p>Although the safety of genome-edited foods in Japan has been confirmed through pre-submission consultation under the notification process, public perception of safety confirmation methodology has not been investigated to date. Therefore, we created three media to provide information on the safety assurance of genome-edited foods and surveyed the perception of current safety confirmation. In addition, we examined the opinions of researchers in health science on current safety confirmation methods. As a result, 62% of general consumers and 68% of researchers in health science recognized that safety is ensured. Acceptance of genome-edited foods improved when they realized that safety was ensured. Researchers in health science who felt that safety confirmation was insufficient were concerned about the third-party verification. Therefore, it was suggested that in order to boost public understanding of genome-edited foods, it would be useful to inform the public by communicating in an easy-to-understand way the safety assurance approaches being made in pre-submission consultation.</p>
Journal
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- Food Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi)
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Food Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi) 65 (4), 89-94, 2024-08-25
Japanese Society for Food Hygiene and Safety