Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11092
Journal Title Details:
<6 pages>
Notes:
Remarks By Carole L. Brookins, Panel on the Future of Bio-Engineered Farm Products, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Outlook Forum 2000, Washington, D.C. February 24, 2000
Knight, John G. (author / University of Otago, NZ), Mather, Damien W. (author / University of Otago, NZ), and Holdsworth, David K. (author / University of Otago, NZ)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28438
Interviews with key companies and organizations in the European food sector, along with consumers, to assess concerns about importing genetically modified crops/food. Also, a report on an experiment involving consumer purchases of cherries labeled as genetically modified, organic or conventional.
Explores public perceptions of risk to the image of food exporting countries in foreign markets for food products that involve genetically modified crops.
"The current situation in the EU can be summarized by the paradoxical conclusion that GMO is safe to eat, but only when produced outside the Member States."
