Abstract

GM crops have great potential to improve food quality, increase harvest yields and decrease dependency on certain chemical pesticides. Before entering the market their safety needs to be scrutinized. This includes a detailed analysis of allergenic risks, as the safety of allergic consumers has high priority. However, not all tests currently being applied to assessing allergenicity have a sound scientific basis. Recent events with transgenic crops reveal the fallacy of applying such tests to GM crops.

1. Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68583-0955, USA.
2. Department of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, D-63225, Germany.
3. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, 10029, USA.
4. Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.
5. Division Pediatric Allergy, National Sagamihara Hospital, Sagamihara, 228-8522, Japan.
6. Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.

Correspondence to: Richard E Goodman¹ e-mail: rgoodman2@unlnotes.unl.edu

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