ARE U.S. CONSUMERS TOLERANT OF GM FOODS?

Matthew C. Rousu, Wallace Huffman, Jason Shogren and Abebayehu Tegene

No 18227, Working Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Genetically modified (GM) foods have caused many controversies. One important controversy relates to tolerance - the impurity rate that is tolerated before a commodity must be labeled as genetically modified. Currently, the United States does not have a specific tolerance or threshold level for GM foods. This paper uses experimental auctions to determine consumers' acceptance of non-GM foods with zero, 1 percent, and 5 percent tolerance for genetically modified material. Our results indicate that consumers would pay less for food that tolerates GM material, but the discount is not significantly different for foods with 1-percent and 5-percent GM content.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18227

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