The Center for Environmental Studies and Research, Assiut University holds an environmental forum on "Genetic-Engineering-Processed Food: Its Merits and Demerits." Dr. Thabet Abdul Moneim, Director of the Center indicated that the forum aims at recognizing the type of food processed via genetic engineering, its merits and demerits, and how to handle this type of food, particularly as it has largely spread worldwide. The forum will also give examples of food types and their effect on man and the environment.