EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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What do we know about food biotechnology in America today?
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There are no biotech foods with FDA approval.
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Most consumers refuse to eat biotech foods.
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Many homes today use biotech foods.
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All crops today are grown using some form of genetic engineering.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Only a few types of GMO crops are grown in the United States, but some of these GMOs make up a large percentage of the crop grown (e.g., soybeans, corn, sugar beets, canola, and cotton).
Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology plays a huge role in our everyday lives-from the clothes we wear to how we wash them, the food we eat to how we source them, the medicine we take to treat our bodies, and even the fuel we use to move our vehicles.
Detailed explanation-3: -The development of insulin, the growth hormone, molecular identity and diagnostics, gene therapies and vaccines such as hepatitis B are some of the milestones of biotechnology and its alliance with genetic engineering.
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