A General Safety Assessment for Purified Food Ingredients Derived From Biotechnology Crops: Case Study of Brazilian Sugar and Beverages Produced From Insect-Protected Sugarcane

Insect-protected sugarcane that expresses Cry1Ab has been developed in Brazil. Analysis of trade information has shown that effectively all the sugarcane-derived Brazilian exports are raw or refined sugar and ethanol. The fact that raw and refined sugar are highly purified food ingredients, with no...

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Main Authors: Reese D. Kennedy, Adriana Cheavegatti-Gianotto, Wladecir S. de Oliveira, Ronald P. Lirette, Jerry J. Hjelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2018.00045/full