This new book advances the quality of debate about the moral and social implications of developments in human food systems. It looks at the physical implications of manipulating the genetic bases of plants and animals in terms of food safety and environmental risk, and examines whether such attempts to control and dominate nature can be justified.

Contents:
What is happening to food?
The presumptive case for food biotechnology
Biotechnology policy and the problem of unintended consequences
Food safety and the ethics of consent
Animal health and welfare
Ethics and environmental impact
Social consequences
Conceptions of property and the biotechnology debate
Religious and metaphysical opposition to biotechnology
Communication, education and the problem of trust
References
Index

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