Resumen de Pew initiative on food and biotechnology.

• Focuses on the contribution of the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology to the debate on agricultural biotechnology. The terms "Frankenfood" and "genetic pollution" are part of the heated rhetoric that surrounds agricultural biotechnology. Initiated in 2001, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology has continued to stage dispassionate forums and publish balanced reports on critical issues related to environmental and food safety of gene-altered crops. In 2003 the group held a workshop that discussed the prospects of gene flow from genetically engineered to wild plants. The group has also conducted polls on consumer awareness of genetically modified foods, held a policy dialogue on modified animals and examined the ability of U.S. regulatory review procedures to handle future agricultural biotechnology products.