'GMO-Free' labels - enhancing transparency or deceiving consumers?

Meike Henseleit, Sabine Kubitzki and Roland Herrmann

No 53263, 49th Annual Conference, Kiel, Germany, September 30-October 2, 2009 from German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA)

Abstract: Consumers, particularly in industrialised countries, are concerned about the application of genetic engineering in food production. There are considerations in many nations worldwide to introduce legal regulations to label food as free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in order to enable producers to better promote such products. However, requirements for labelling food products as ‘GMO-free’ can be very different, and therefore it is questionable whether consumers’ understanding of ‘GMO-free’ is consistent with what certain labels actually can guarantee. We conducted a consumer survey in order to explore potential gaps between expectations of ‘GMO-free’ food and production requirements in the case of the revised German regulation covering the labelling of foods as ‘GMO-free’. Our results indicate significant differences between consumers’ view and standards of production.

Keywords: Food; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2009-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.53263

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