But those in the food industry say this is not a case of a biotechnology product being rushed to market without safety testing.
If biotechnology products are so safe, why can't the consumer know when a particular food product contains modified ingredients?
About two-thirds of all the applications to test new drugs are for biotechnology products.
That Israeli company develops and produces biotechnology products for the health-care industry.
Like all new biotechnology products, these drugs will be expensive, typically thousands of dollars for an annual supply.
Vector Securities says 30 biotechnology products could receive approval this year.
So in 1997, the Clinton administration decided to make pediatric drug testing mandatory for nearly all new medicines and biotechnology products.
The number of new biotechnology products will rise, perhaps to 1,200 or more a year by the end of the decade, agency officials estimate.
Other Asian countries, meanwhile, are beginning to release their first biotechnology products.
Most of our current sources of animal feed are countries developing biotechnology products.