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03388cam a2200313 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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9241561459 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9241561459 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
5225032478 (Russian) |
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(Sirsi) 9241561459 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TP 248.14 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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911129s1991 1 0 eng |
| 111 2# - MAIN ENTRY--MEETING NAME |
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| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Joint FAO/WHO Consultation on the Assessment of Biotechnology in Food Production and Processing as Related to Food Safety |
| Date of meeting |
(1990: |
| Location of meeting |
Geneva, Switzerland) |
| 242 10 - TRANSLATION OF TITLE BY CATALOGING AGENCY |
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| Title |
Stratégie d' évaluation de la salubrité des aliments produits par biotechnologie : |
| Remainder of title |
rapport d' une consultation conjointe FAO/OMS [s' est tenue à Genève du 5 au 10 novembre 1990] |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Strategies for assessing the safety of foods produced by biotechnology : |
| Remainder of title |
report of a joint FAO/WHO consultation [held in Geneva from 5 to 10 November 1990] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Geneva : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
World Health Organization, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1991. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
59 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
jap published by: Tokyo : Kenpakusha. |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Records the conclusions reached by a joint FAO/WHO consultation convened to establish a scientific basis for the safety assessment of novel foods, food ingredients, and processing aids produced by biotechnology. Emphasis is placed on the safety of new technologies that promise dramatic improvements in the food supply, whether through the production of nutritionally superior cereal and grain crops or the development of farm animals that are disease resistant, produce lean meat, and grow more efficiently. New techniques that can increase the efficiency and reduce the costs of the food processing industry are also thoroughly assessed. The main aim of the book is to identify the scientific principles and procedures needed, on a case-by-case basis, to assure that foods produced by biotechnology are toxicologically safe and nutritionally adequate for human consumption. Addressed to regulatory authorities as well as to the food industry, the book also aims to provide a solid scientific basis for the development of comprehensive, well enforced food regulations that can keep pace with technological advances. The main part of the book consists of separate chapters devoted to the safety assessment of foods derived from microorganisms, plants, and animals generated by biotechnology. Adopting a highly cautious approach, each chapter first identifies all possible hazards, discusses the likelihood that such hazards will arise in practice, and describes the scientific principles and procedures needed to assure the safety of the finished food. Potential hazards identified include the activation of silent genes and the creation of new toxins, changes in nutritional content or in the bioavailability of nutrients, and allergic reactions to new or altered proteins. A concluding section stresses the need for a new framework of safety assessment that relies on a characterization of food in terms of its molecular, biological, and chemical properties, and uses the resulting data to determine the need for toxicity tests. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
eng fre rus spa jpn. |
| 550 ## - ISSUING BODY NOTE |
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| Issuing body note |
WHODOC |
| 561 ## - OWNERSHIP AND CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
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| History |
WHO monograph |
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4 |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Biotechnology |
| General subdivision |
standards |
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congresses. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Food technology |
| General subdivision |
standards |
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congresses. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nutrition and Food Safety. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
World Health Organization. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
NLM Classification Scheme |
| Koha item type |
Books |
