Educational guide Faculty of Oenology |
english |
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (2009) |
Subjects |
TRANSGENIC FOOD |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2019_20 |
Subject | TRANSGENIC FOOD | Code | 19204215 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
3 | Optional |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
Foods that come from transgenic plants: |
· Foods: - seeds, oils, flours, feed from soya, rapeseed, cotton, rice, corn, wheat, flax. - Sugarcane and beet sugars, corn starch and potato starch - fruits, juices and sauces of tomato, papaya, pumpkin and zucchini - corn, rice and soy vitamins - others · Recombinant genes in transgenic plants: - resistance to insects, fungi and herbicides - resistance to drought, cold - maturation delay - enrichment in specific nutrients - others · Economic and social aspects of transgenic plants and their derivatives to food. · Ecological aspects of the agriculture of transgenic plants. · Sanitary aspects of foods derived from transgenic plants. · Food agencies. Legal and regulatory aspects. |
Foods that come from transgenic animals: |
· Foods from transgenic animals: - meats, dairy products - others · Recombinant genes in transgenic animals: - hormones - enrichment in specific nutrients - others · Economic and social aspects of transgenic animals with food utility. · Ecological aspects. · Sanitary aspects of foods derived from transgenic animals. · Legal and regulatory aspects. |
Recombinant microorganisms in food. | · Use of bacteria and transgenic fungi in the processing of food. |
Debates: For or against transgenic foods? | - ecological aspects - economic aspects - health aspects |