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Current issues in
plant based foods
GENETICALLY
MODIFIED FOODS:
IS IT HEALTHFUL
OR HARMFUL?
Genetically modified foods
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLfRquA9Vvs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLQJoNCoP1w
Genetically modified foods
19 plant species
have been
approved,
only 8 GM crop
species are
grown
commercially
What are potential GM crops of the future?
Biofuels: Plants with altered cell wall composition for more efficient
conversion to ethanol;
Effects of
GMOs
GM crops regulated
in the U.S
No GM animals have
yet been approved in
the US
Awareness Growing of
Muslim
population
Increasing demand
for safe, high quality
& spiritual foods
Halal Food
Issues
Halal food fraud in Malaysia
Catfish fed Pig based Issue on Minced Sausages with Moon cakes
with pig by- products bread pork with non halal with non-
products stored making casing, halal
feed together using lard halal label
expired halal ingredients
with halal as
certificate labelled with
frozen foods ingredients
halal logo
Halal Issue
• Halal food is sensitive & a serious matter to every
Muslim
• Understanding and awareness level of halal issue
between producer and consumers
• Government action to monitor the exploitation of halal
logo
• Shared responsibility to produce halal foods.
Assignment
2 minutes video
10 min presentation
Current Issues in Food Processing of
Plant Products
Food for
Fruits & Perishable and Less meat, Poor future,
Food Safety Food security Monocrops vegetables waste sensitive tissue agriculture
more choice military and
Fatin Afiq Shonia Syamil Shuhada practice
Hatim aerospace
Hanani Farhana
Suggested points
• Food safety – Prevalence of Salmonella in Lettuce, Cabbage, and Mixed Salads
Throughout the World, food recall, food poisoning resulted in death,
pesticides/antibiotics, growth hormones, physical hazards, melamine issue, plastic egg,
vegetables
• Food security – hunger, starvation, climate change, drought/flood, imbalance food
supply between region e.g. Africa & Europe
• Monocrops - bad for the environment because it’s chemical dependent, harmful to
wildlife and ecosystems, and kills the soil e.g. palm oil in Malaysia and soy plantation in
Argentina
• Fruits & vegetables waste – Waste keep increasing, 39% waste coming from F&V
commodity, Supermarket & household waste contribute, handling, perishable leads to
foods been thrown away, shelf life improvement, how worldwide is tackling food waste
initiative taken to reduce food loss and waste?
Suggested points
Watch this
References
• http://ecosalon.com/the-10-biggest-issues-with-the-global-food-system/
• https://ac-els-cdn-com.ludwig.lub.lu.se/S0309174013003409/1-s2.0-
S0309174013003409-main.pdf ?_tid=6b7456c2-5ca3-46bd-bd41-
fe4bb21d2b52&acdnat=1525168873_521075f12f2a55a1004d4b6505ab35f1
• http://maxwellsci.com/print/ajfst/v3-384-388.pdf
• https://agroindustry.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/current-issues-in-
halal-food.pdf
• http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/genetically-
modified-gm-crops-techniques-and-applications-0-710/