Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Jaber Rezaei Joneid ¹
• Behnam Ghanbarpoor ²

¹ PhD Student in Private Law, Ghaemshahr Branch, Azad Islamic University

² Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Law and Theology Department, Ghaemshahr Branch, Iran.

Abstract

According to repeated reports from official international sources, with the increase in population growth in the contemporary world and the limitation of underground reserves in the not too distant future, the threat of food shortages for future generations is seriously posed. One way out of this dilemma is to use genetic engineering methods to change the genes of plants and organisms called transgenic. The present study, which was organized by descriptive-analytical method, aimed to answer the question, what is the legal ruling of such products from the perspective of jurists? The findings of the study indicate that the ruling on genetic manipulation of food is disputed by jurists. Some jurists consider such changes as a kind of change in the system of creation and according to the rules of repelling possible harm and leaving suspicions; use of it has some problems. Others, considering the rational benefit of this technology and citing the principle of permissibility and the principle of expediency, consider it unimpeded. The authors took a moderate and fair view, believing in the conditional permission to use transgenic products, and they emphasize that the process of production and consumption of such products should be done under the supervision of local experts and no significant damage should be expected.

Keywords

• Transgenic
• genetic changes
• potential harm
• change of creation
• principle of permissibility