(Organic Slant) The FDA provides a list of such foods in its inventory of completed consultations on bioengineered foods.

The inventory below lists all completed consultations on bioengineered foods evaluated under FDA’s 1992 Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties. More information about this inventory is available on the Introduction page to the FDA List of Completed Consultations on Bioengineered Foods.

The list includes GM corn, soybean, cotton, plum, papaya, alfalfa, sugar beet, wheat, creeping bentgrass, canola, rice, canteloupe, flax, tomato, potato, radicchio, squash, most of which are fed to animals or used as ingredients in processed foods.

Several techniques that lead to genetically modified organisms:

• Transfer of recombinant DNA that was created outside the organism by laboratory techniques
• Certain procedures used for cell fusion

Who is guarding the hen house?

Here is the most recent consultation on bioengineered foods:

Date: March 20, 2013

Subject: Event 4114 insect-resistant, herbicide-tolerant corn

Keywords: Corn; maize, Zea mays L., Event 4114, Cry1F, Cry34Ab1, and Cry35Ab1, Lepidopteran and Coleopteran pest resistance, Bacillus thuringiensis, phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase, PAT, herbicide tolerant, glufosinate-ammonium tolerant, OECD Unique Identifier DP-004114-3, Pioneer

• In our evaluation of BNF 000136, we considered all of the information provided by Pioneer as well as publicly available information and information in the agency’s files. Here, we discuss the outcome of the consultation, but do not intend to restate the information provided in the final consultation in its entirety.
• Pioneer states that corn is the largest crop grown in the U.S. in terms of acreage and value. Corn is typically milled, though either dry or wet methods, to yield a wide variety of food and feed products. Foods and ingredients from corn include flour, meal, oil (cooking oil, margarine), starch and starch-derived sweeteners, gluten, grits, and beverage alcohol (from fermentation). Feed uses of corn include whole or ground corn grain, ground corn ears, and the whole corn plant (silage), as well as co-products derived from corn milling used as ingredients in animal feeds, such as corn gluten meal and distillers grains with solubles.
• FDA evaluated Pioneer’s submission to determine whether event 4114 corn raises any safety or regulatory issues with respect to the intended modifications or with respect to the food and feed itself. Based on the information provided by Pioneer and other information available to the agency, FDA did not identify any safety or regulatory issues under the FD&C Act that would require further evaluation at this time.

  Pioneer has concluded that, with the exception of the intended modifications (expression of the Cry1F, Cry34Ab1, Cry35Ab1 and PAT proteins), event 4114 corn and foods and feeds derived from it are not materially different in composition, safety, or any other relevant parameter from other corn varieties now grown, marketed, and consumed in the U.S. At this time, based on Pioneer’s data and information, the agency considers Pioneer’s consultation on event 4114 corn to be complete.

It seems like the company that is applying for the consultation is supplying the data to be evaluated.