FDA treats foods derived from GMOs like those from conventionally bred plants and classifies them as generally recognized as safe.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Depends on the crop
• D. Not specified

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that the FDA regulates foods from GMOs the same way it regulates foods from conventional crops, and many of these foods are treated as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) unless there is a reason to evaluate them further. The FDA uses the concept of substantial equivalence: if a GM food is as safe as its conventional counterpart, it doesn’t require special safety testing beyond what’s done for conventional foods, and ingredients from GM crops can be considered GRAS. This reflects confidence that GM foods are not inherently riskier than traditionally bred foods. If a GM crop did introduce a new substance with unique risks, it might fall under a different regulatory path (such as a food additive review), but that isn’t the typical scenario for whole foods from GM crops. So the statement is true. The other options don’t fit because the general FDA stance isn’t that it depends on the crop, isn’t left unspecified, and isn’t simply false.