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Rice-derived Lactoferrin
Rice-derived Lactoferrin
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"Genetically engineered rice-derived recombinant human lactoferrin"
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GM lactoferrin manufacturer criticized over food plans
10-Apr-2008 - A Californian rice and barley ingredient developer has
been criticized by organic and sustainable agriculture advocate, the
Center for Food Safety (CFS), over attempts to introduce specialist GM
proteins into the US food supply.
CFS said Ventria Bioscience's genetically engineered, rice-derived
recombinant human lactoferrin and lysozyme ingredients had no place in
the food supply and may contravene federal food and drug law.
Interest in Ventria's lactoferrin ingredient had been shown by at
least one manufacturer which has been subsequently withdrawn.
Maryland-based Cera Products, a manufacturer of sports beverages,
reassessed its position, and called for more research into what CFS
calls "pharmaceutical rice".
"Our company is not 'a likely partner with Ventria', nor are we
including or plan to include any GMO rice in our products," said Cera
president and chief executive officer, Charlene Riikonen. "We do not
know enough about it for one thing, and certainly further research is
needed to support any claims as well as issues and concerns regarding
the GMO rice."
NutraIngredients,com was unable to gain comment from Ventria before
publication.
Drugs and food
A September 2007 Congress amendment to Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) regulations prohibits the "the addition to food of an approved
drug or a licensed biologic".
However legal opinion varies as to the enforceability of this
amendment due to the mutability of the terms 'drugs' and 'biological
products'.
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, a Washington DC-based law firm specializing
in food and drug matters, said in a blog that the amendment did not
clearly define what constituted a drug as was the case in the
exclusion clause written into dietary supplements laws.
"The reference to 'drug' with its attendant uncertainties regarding
the manifestation of intent, is not so bright a line as that provided
[in the] dietary supplement exclusionary clause," the firm sated.
"Contributing to the blurred distinction is the vague threshold of
'substantial clinical investigations'."
CFS suggests Ventria would require an FDA exemption if it sort to
market its GM ingredients in medical foods or other products.
"This prohibition should stop Ventria's headlong rush to put its
unapproved lactoferrin in the food supply," said CFS legal director,
Joseph Mendelson. "FDA has enough problems handling traditional food
safety threats, like Salmonella, without allowing people to be exposed
to unapproved drugs in foods."
Yogurt, granola bars, performance drinks as well as oral rehydration
solutions for children suffering from diarrhea are some of the food
categories Ventria has shown interest in developing.
CFS, which opposes GM foods in principle, has targeted GM rice
products and produced a report in 2007 entitled, A Grain of Caution: A
Critical Assessment of Pharmaceutical Rice.
Lactoferrin is a protein that occurs abundently in breast milk and is
therefore popular in the infant nutrition market.
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Is this vegetarian .. ?
"Genetically engineered rice-derived recombinant human lactoferrin"
--------------
GM lactoferrin manufacturer criticized over food plans
10-Apr-2008 - A Californian rice and barley ingredient developer has
been criticized by organic and sustainable agriculture advocate, the
Center for Food Safety (CFS), over attempts to introduce specialist GM
proteins into the US food supply.
CFS said Ventria Bioscience's genetically engineered, rice-derived
recombinant human lactoferrin and lysozyme ingredients had no place in
the food supply and may contravene federal food and drug law.
Interest in Ventria's lactoferrin ingredient had been shown by at
least one manufacturer which has been subsequently withdrawn.
Maryland-based Cera Products, a manufacturer of sports beverages,
reassessed its position, and called for more research into what CFS
calls "pharmaceutical rice".
"Our company is not 'a likely partner with Ventria', nor are we
including or plan to include any GMO rice in our products," said Cera
president and chief executive officer, Charlene Riikonen. "We do not
know enough about it for one thing, and certainly further research is
needed to support any claims as well as issues and concerns regarding
the GMO rice."
NutraIngredients,com was unable to gain comment from Ventria before
publication.
Drugs and food
A September 2007 Congress amendment to Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) regulations prohibits the "the addition to food of an approved
drug or a licensed biologic".
However legal opinion varies as to the enforceability of this
amendment due to the mutability of the terms 'drugs' and 'biological
products'.
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, a Washington DC-based law firm specializing
in food and drug matters, said in a blog that the amendment did not
clearly define what constituted a drug as was the case in the
exclusion clause written into dietary supplements laws.
"The reference to 'drug' with its attendant uncertainties regarding
the manifestation of intent, is not so bright a line as that provided
[in the] dietary supplement exclusionary clause," the firm sated.
"Contributing to the blurred distinction is the vague threshold of
'substantial clinical investigations'."
CFS suggests Ventria would require an FDA exemption if it sort to
market its GM ingredients in medical foods or other products.
"This prohibition should stop Ventria's headlong rush to put its
unapproved lactoferrin in the food supply," said CFS legal director,
Joseph Mendelson. "FDA has enough problems handling traditional food
safety threats, like Salmonella, without allowing people to be exposed
to unapproved drugs in foods."
Yogurt, granola bars, performance drinks as well as oral rehydration
solutions for children suffering from diarrhea are some of the food
categories Ventria has shown interest in developing.
CFS, which opposes GM foods in principle, has targeted GM rice
products and produced a report in 2007 entitled, A Grain of Caution: A
Critical Assessment of Pharmaceutical Rice.
Lactoferrin is a protein that occurs abundently in breast milk and is
therefore popular in the infant nutrition market.
Who loves ya.
Tom
Jesus Was A Vegetarian!
http :// tinyurl,com /2r2nkh
Man Is A Herbivore!
http :// tinyurl,com /a3cc3
DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
http :// tinyurl,com /zk9fk
