Organismos geneticamente modificados x organismos geneticamente editados: uma análise legislativa a partir do princípio da precaução

Abstract

The article analyzes the interference of Genetically Edited Foods (GEO’s) produced through the use of the CRISPR/Cas9 technique in the implementation of the Fundamental Right to Health, from the perspective of bioethics, the precautionary principle and the concept of Risk Society. It seeks to ascertain whether current legislation governing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) is sufficient to discipline new organisms. In a dialectical analytical perspective and through a descriptive exploratory study, we analyzed the differences between GMO and GEO in relation to food production and the possible consequences to human health, as a result of these genetic alterations. It was also analyzed how the topic is treated in other countries from the legislative perspective for comparative purposes with the Brazilian legislation. The existence of uncertainties, of the most diverse, about Genetically Edited Organisms, points to the need for them to be investigated, to improve the legislation that contemplates the differences between GMO and OGE, as well as to the establishment of an adequate regulatory system compatible with its specificities.