Who Do Consumers Trust for Information: The Case of Genetically Modified Foods?
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Genetically modified foods, science, consumers and the media.
In contrast to the situation in the USA, where a wide range of genetically modified (GM) foods is available, in Europe very few GM products have been approved for marketing as foods, and there is widespread public concern about their safety and environmental impact. The marketing of a GM crop for food use in Europe falls under the EC novel foods regulations, and applications require the submiss...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0002-9092,1467-8276
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00669.x