“Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Food and Food Additives Produced by rDNA Method” has recently been reported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Since the guidelines are very useful for the evaluation of oil, fat and oil food produced by biotechnology, key parts of the guidelines are outlined.
The guidelines consist of three parts, basic policy for the guideline, guideline for manufacturing processes and guideline for products. The guidelines are applicable only to those food and food additives produced by rDNA method which are identical to or similar to natural ones and recombinants are not to be eaten.
