Genetically modified foods are as safe as any other foods.の最後のfoodsは単数形のfoodでなくてもいいのですか。

He is as diligent as any student in his class. 
(彼はクラスのだれにも劣らず勤勉である。)

Fact file
Why has BBSRC created this exhibition?
All potential impacts of GM crops must be considered and evaluated alongside those of intensive and organic farming systems.
GM foods available in the UK are as safe as any other foods.
<http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/life/ingeneious/factfiles/why.html>

The Science Show ABC National Radio
Saturdays at 12.10pm, repeated Mondays at 7.10pm
with Alan Saunders
2024 Dreaming
Dreaming of Food Futures
Saturday 4 September 2004
Jim Peacock: ... And I'm certain that our consumer populations over the next few years they'll know more about what's involved, they'll realise that the benefits by far outweigh any perceived risks and that our regulatory procedures will assure them of the GM foods being as safe as any other foods on the shelf. 
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s1179449.htm>

The Center For Consumer Freedom
Posted On October 1,2000
Warning: organic and natural foods may be hazardous to your health
By: Dennis T. Avery
Newspaper: Bridge News Service
In fact, Katherine Di Matteo of the Organic Trade Association recently told John Stossel of ABC News _ on national TV: "Organic foods are as nutritious as any other foods. "She said it twice. She also said: "Food safety is not what organic food standards are all about." 
<http://www.consumerfreedom.com/article_detail.cfm?article=70>

Life in the USA is a complete guide to American life for immigrants and Americans. All materials on this site Copyright © Elliot Essman 2007. All rights reserved.
In addition to on-the-bar salted snacks like peanuts, pretzels, and salted "Goldfish" crackers, frequently given out free as a thirst incentive, many bars offer sandwiches, burgers, and pizzas. In addition, specific menu items are widely seen. Some of these-nachos, quesadillas, salsa, jalapeños-have Mexican or Spanish names, but they are now as American as any other foods. Major "bar foods" include: 
<http://www.lifeintheusa.com/food/barfood.htm>

electronic Telegraph
ISSUE 1463, Friday 28 May 1999
GM crops 'can fight Third World hunger'
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
GENETICALLY modified foods are as safe as any others and there is a "compelling moral imperative" to develop them to help fight hunger in the Third World, an influential think-tank said yesterday. 
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=
/archive/1999/05/28/ngm28.html>

SUGARS & DIABETES
by Madelyn Wheeler and Marcia Levine Mazur
In the 1970s, several researchers were no longer satisfied with these assumptions. They began asking: How do we really know that sugars affect blood glucose levels faster than any other foods? 
<http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/vodold/sugars.htm>

Should We Worry About Altered Foods?
By Judy Foreman 03/28/2000
Furthermore, he said, "crops improved by biotechology have been subjected to more scrutiny in advance, depth, detail and rigor than any other foods introduced into the food supply in human history."
<http://www.myhealthsense.com/F000328_alteredFoods.html>

Food produced using gene technology is regulated by Standard 1.5.2 of the Australian Food Standards Code. Under this code GM foods undergo more rigorous testing than any other foods in Australia.
<http://www.afaa.com.au/biotechpdf/08_2004_Global_Labelling_Laws.pdf>

THE FLIGHT OF BLINDFOLDED BIRDS
By Timothy C. Williams and John M. Teal
Herring Gulls, however, usually made flights of more than 100m. Herring Gulls also flew higher than any other birds we tested.
<http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/v044n02/p0102-p0109.pdf>

There were gigantic flightless birds called elephant birds. These birds were larger than any other birds - living or extinct.
<http://www.pbs.org/edens/madagascar/eden.htm>

比較されている名詞((3)-(7)と(8)-(12)の例ではすべて主語)が複数の場合には「as+原級+as any other」と「比較級+than any other」に続く名詞が複数になることが多い。

The two boys are taller than any other boys... のように、主語が複数ならば通例 ～any other boys. --小西・南出(2006, p.1968)

主語が複数の(代)名詞のときthanに続く名詞は「any+(other)+複数名詞」またはany othersがみられる。--河上(1991, p.281)

Jane liked roses better than any other flowers.

Q: Are biotech foods safe to eat?
A: Most scientific experts agree that foods produced through biotechnology are as safe as, or safer than, any other food in the supermarket. Genetically modified (GM) crops aren’t new.
<http://agribiotech.info/ChassyFood_SafeTS.doc>

No Muslim Peril
by Charley Reese
And there have been American Muslims since at least the late 1800s. Most of them so assimilated into American society that no one noticed them. They are as patriotic as any other American.
<http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese339.html>

The waters of the Warm Pool are warmer than any other open ocean on Earth.
<http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/WarmPool/>

During her testimony, Kathleen Connors indicated that: (...
) nurses are sicker than any other worker in the country. In fact, 8.4 percent of nurses are absent from work due to illness each week. That is twice the national average.
<http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/soci-e/rep-e/repjan01vol2-e.htm>

Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press
How hard is it to fall off a cruise ship?
Stallings said that despite the publicity over these isolated incidents, “I honestly think cruise ships are considerably safer than any other place you’re likely to vacation.”
<http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/story.html?id=1ff47904-1e1b-4d3a-aeee-cfdd7f869657>

比較されている名詞が複数の場合には「as+原級+as any (other)」に続く名詞が複数になることが多い。
She claims that smokers are just as responsible for their children's health as any other parents.
(彼女は、喫煙者も、他のどの親に劣らず、自分の子供の健康には責任を負っていると主張している。)

比較されている名詞が複数の場合には「比較級+than any (other)」に続く名詞が複数になることが多い。
I like roses more than any other flowers.
(私はバラの花がほかのどの花より好きです。)