An evidence review of public attitudes to emerging food technologies - executive summary

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Summary
    Publication Date:
    2009-03
    URL:
    http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/emergingfoodteches.pdf
    Published:
    UK: Social Science Research Unit, Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C29999
    Subject Term:
    attitudes, biotechnology, consumer attitudes, consumers, food, food safety, public attitudes, technological advancement, trends, genetic engineering, UK, irradiation, functional foods, trust, credibility (source), and nanotechnology
    Notes:
    6 pages., Study conducted by Brook Lyndhurst Ltd for the Food Standards Agency. Findings revealed the UK public "wary, uneasy and uncertain about emerging food technologies" such as nanotechnologies, animal cloning and synthetic biology. Full report (89 pages) available at http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/emergingfoodtech.pdf

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