Food Safety and Regulatory Measures

Biography

Thomas Bohn is a Professor of Gene Ecology in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His research interests are focused on the impact of modern biotechnologies, especially genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on experimental model systems and on real food-webs. He is particularly interested in risk assessment and effect studies of products of modern biotechnologies. We use multiple model systems from viruses and bacteria to Daphnia magna and rodents in the laboratory. One focus has been on the food quality and ecotoxicity of GM plants (e.g. Bt-maize and Roundup Ready soy) in a feeding model using the waterflea Daphnia magna, also in combination with chemical stressors (herbicides and other chemical pollutants).

Abstract

Abstract : Contamination of soy for food and feed by intended use of herbicides: The case of Roundup Ready GM soy