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Assessing the Potential Public Health Impacts of Next Generation Foods Derived from Recombinant DNA Technology: A Case Study of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhanced Vegetable Oils |
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| Authors: | Richard A Forshee Patricia A Anderson |
| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy , University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland, USA rforshee@umd.edu;3. Center for Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy , University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland, USA |
| Abstract: | We assessed the potential public health impacts of foods derived from recombinant DNA technology that have been modified to have improved nutrient profiles using omega-3-enhanced vegetable oils as an example. Other examples of crops in development include canola plants with increased vitamin C and rice with higher levels of beta-carotene. The change in consumption of omega-3 fatty acids if vegetable oils were replaced with stearidonic acid-enhanced versions was estimated. The results showed that stearidonic acid and gamma-linolenic acid consumption would increase by 5.43 g/d for males and 4.14 g/d for females. The increase in stearidonic acid in eicosapentaenoic acid equivalents was 1.63 g/d for males and 1.24 g/d for females. |
| Keywords: | fatty acids omega-3 risk assessment nutrition assessment soybean oil corn oil biotechnology agriculture Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES |