A new report from the European Food Safety Authority shows that there
is no evidence the genetically modified (GM) animal feed can have a harmful
effect on meat.
The EFSA research followed a call from the European Commission after a
petition had been lodged to have meat, milk, and eggs from animals that have
been fed genetically modified feed labelled. The commission wanted to know
if transgenes or their products could be incorporated into animal tissues.

Effect on humans
The study also looked at whether the DNA from GM foods could also be
absorbed by humans. The study said that for humans the "recombinant DNA did
not survive passage through the intact gastrointestinal tract of healthy
human subjects fed GM soya". The study adds that the rapid breakdown of DNA
and proteins during digestion reduces the chance of them being absorbed
intact into the muscle, milk, or eggs of animals.

"After ingestion, a rapid degradation into short DNA or peptide
fragments is observed in the gastrointestinal tract or animals and humans,"
the report states. "To date, a large number of experimental studies with
livestock have shown that recombinant DNA fragments or proteins derived from
GM plants have not been detected in tissues, fluids or edible products of
farm animals like broilers, cattle, pigs or quails."
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