Genetic engineering is capable of introducing dangerous allergens and toxins into foods (Mohan, 2005). As a gene is a building block for a protein, the introduction of a foreign gene that is not originally produced by the organism, will has the possibility of evoking an allergy that is not found in the conventional food crop (Wesseler, 2005).
This is because the cellular metabolisms are altered and may result in the production of dangerous by-products such as toxins and allergens. Furthermore, the newly-introduced protein may be enzymes that may interupt with the growing process of the food-producing organism, where the vitamins and mineral production may be short-changed (Mohan, 2005).
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