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Knowing that foods that are combined with genes from different organisms are called genetically modified food, they can also be named genetically engineered or transgenic. Some current genetically modified products in the market today include vaccines and medicines, food ingredients, and food in general.

Transgenic crops are very common in developed countries. In 2003, six countries grew 99% of the global transgenic crops. They include “the United States (63%), Argentina (21%), Canada (6%), Brazil (4%), and China (4%), and South Africa (1%).”

In 2003, 167 million acres of land planted transgenic crop by 7 million farmers. The main crops were soybeans, corn, and canola. Other crops include sweet potato that’s resistant to a virus that could destroy African harvest, rice with iron and vitamins added to it, and other plants that will survive under severe weather.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml