Science of Genetic Engineering
Using Biotechnology to Produce Food
Biotechnology is defined as the use of biological processes for the development of products such as foods, enzymes, drugs, and vaccines. Biotechnology is the new label for a process that humans have used for thousands of years to ferment foods such as beer, wine, bread, and cheese. In these cases, biological processes are used to alter raw food products to produce more stable foods. Presently, the term biotechnology is used to describe genetically engineered foods that contain genes modified by modern technologies.When plants breed in the wild, genetic changes occur spontaneously and result in a haphazard transfer of a large…
