crops. All Americans eat biotech foods unless they deliberately seek out products that are labeled otherwise. Ev idence suggests that this is less than 5% of consumers Correspondent: Chinese scientists have used biotechnology to create a new type of tomato, which contains the vaccine against hepatitis B. What's your Professor It's a great example of how this technology can be used to save lives ease pain and suffering and improve the human condition. How can anyone be opposed to that? My only hope is that the clinical trials of this new tomato go well, and that it is quickly delivered to health-care providers who will use it to vaccinate people against hepatitis. By the way, please note that I do think that such new pharmaceutical foods need to be handled as medicines by professionals and not as conventional foods. You will never see these tomatoes in the supermarket. In a sense, the tomato plant is just being used to manufacture a vaccine in a very safe and economical manner U.S. Consumer's attitude to Over 70% of U.S. consumers support Biotech biotechnology In a recent referendum in Oregon, voters rejected Examples a proposal to require special labels on all products containing biotech ingred ients by an overwhelming 73% to 27% Chinese Progress in Biotech Chinese scientists have used biotechnology to type of tomato, which contains the vaccine against hepatitis B Significance of the Progress This technology can be used to save lives. ease pain and suffering and improve the humancrops. All Americans eat biotech foods unless they deliberately seek out products that are labeled otherwise. Evidence suggests that this is less than 5% of consumers. Correspondent: Chinese scientists have used biotechnology to create a new type of tomato, which contains the vaccine against hepatitis B. What’s your take on this? Professor: It’s a great example of how this technology can be used to save lives, ease pain and suffering and improve the human condition. How can anyone be opposed to that? My only hope is that the clinical trials of this new tomato go well, and that it is quickly delivered to health-care providers who will use it to vaccinate people against hepatitis. By the way, please note that I do think that such new pharmaceutical foods need to be handled as medicines by professionals and not as conventional foods. You will never see these tomatoes in the supermarket. In a sense, the tomato plant is just being used to manufacture a vaccine in a very safe and economical manner. U.S. Consumer’s attitude to Biotech Over 70% of U.S.consumers support biotechnology. Examples In a recent referendum in Oregon, voters rejected a proposal to require special labels on all products containing biotech ingredients by an overwhelming 73% to 27%. Chinese Progress in Biotech Chinese scientists have used biotechnology to create a new type of tomato, which contains the vaccine against hepatitis B. Significance of the Progress This technology can be used to save lives,ease pain and suffering and improve the human condition