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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. agricultural products
  5. foods
  6. genetically modified foods
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. agricultural products
  5. foods
  6. genetically modified foods
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. agricultural products
  5. foods
  6. genetically modified foods
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. agricultural products
  5. foods
  6. genetically modified foods
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. agricultural products
  5. foods
  6. genetically modified foods
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. products and commodities
  3. agricultural products
  4. foods
  5. genetically modified foods
  1. Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
  2. foods
  3. genetically modified foods

Preferred term

genetically modified foods

Type

  • Product

Definition

  • Information Foods produced from genetically modified organisms. These species have undergone directed modification of their gene complement using such techniques as altering the DNA, substituting genetic material by means of a virus, transplanting whole nuclei, transplanting cell hybrids, etc.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • bioengineered foods
  • gene-altered foods
  • genetically engineered foods
  • GM food
  • transgenic foods

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/413

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