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Agriculture
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS:
ISSUES AND CONCERNS
An Interview Study
Prepared by
Jean A. Larson
Supervisory Technical Information Specialist
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Dr. Alvin Young i: Seg /
United States Department of Agriculture tine /
Office of Agricultural Biotechnology
The information contained in this report does not necessarily represent
official policies, positions, or concerns of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
July 1992
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10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, Maryland 20705
| July 8, 1992
Dr. Alvin L. Young
USDA, Office of Agriculture
Room 1001 RPEP
| 1621 N. Kent Street
| Arlington, VA 22209
Dear Dr. Young:
I am pleased to transmit to you the enclosed report "Genetically Engineered
Animals: Issues and Concerns". The report was prepared from information
gathered during a 6 month work detail to your office--October 1989 to March
1990. The goal of the project was to gather and present emerging issues and
. concerns that will impact on the U.S. Department of Agriculture as genetically
. engineered animals emerge from the research laboratory and progress to the
| market place.
I hope that the information presented in the report will be of use to you and
. your colleagues as you develop guidelines and policies, plan and oversee
. biotechnology research, evaluate product safety, plan for release of products,
and address the publics concerns.
Sincerely,
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J A. Larson, Coordinator
Animal Welfare Information Center
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Definition: Genetically engineered animals are created when novel DNA
sequences are transferred and incorporated into the DNA of an animal.
The engineering of the genetics of food and livestock animals by the
introduction of foreign DNA has the potential to impact on many and diverse
segments of our culture and environment. To explore these potential impacts
Dr. Alvin L. Young of the Office of Agricultural Biotechnology of the USDA
provided the author with the opportunity to do a special ethics/issues related
project regarding genetically engineered animals. The project was to interview
about twenty individuals from a wide variety of institutions and disciplines
about the potential impacts as they perceive them. The information provided
was to be compiled and presented to Dr. Young as a report. The interview
portion of the study took place between October 1989 and March 1990.
During the interviews 2 questions were asked every interviewee regarding
USDA policies and programs. (1)"If you were a USDA administrator managing
programs involving genetic engineering research and food product safety, what
are the issues you feel that you would have to address?" (2) "What advice do
you have for such an administrator regarding transgenic animal research and the
resulting products?" Other questions were generated spontaneously during the
interview.
RESULTS
The information provided by those interviewed generally dealt with the
following subject areas: animal care issues; governmental and academic
research concerns; patenting issues, human health and safety issues, potential
economic impacts; possible ecological and environmental effects; religious, and
general societal concerns; communication concerns, and various
recommendations to the administrators of U.S.D.A.
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