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Labeling genetically modified food : the philosophical and legal debate / edited by Paul Weirich.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetically modified foods.
- Food--Labeling.
- Food.
- Consumers' preferences.
- Food, Genetically Modified.
- Food Labeling.
- Medical Subjects:
- Food, Genetically Modified.
- Food Labeling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 249 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Philosophical and legal debate
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Many countries require that food labels announce genetically modified (GM) ingredients, but not the US. Which policy is best? This book surveys various labelling policies and the cases for them in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A scientific perspective on labeling genetically modified food / Michael W. Pariza
- Genetically-modified organisms for agricultural food production : the extent of the art and the state of the science / R. Michael Roberts
- Biotechnology and the food label : a legal perspective / Frederick Degnan
- Traceability and labeling of GM food and feed in the European Union / Margaret Rosso Grossman
- Genetically engineered animals and the ethics of food labeling / Robert Streiffer and Alan Rubel
- Mandatory GE labels and consumer autonomy / Peter Markie
- Market evidence of consumer response to mandated genetically modified food labels / Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Leonie A. Marks, and Steven S. Vickner
- Frankenfood free : consumer sovereignty, federal regulation and industry control in marketing and choosing food in the U.S. / Thomas O. McGarity
- Regulatory barriers to consumer information / Philip G. Peters and Thomas A. Lambert
- Labeling GM foods : rights, interests, enforcement, and institutional options / Clark Wolf
- Different conceptions of food labels and acceptable risks : some contingent/institutional considerations in favor of labeling / Carl Cranor
- Using food labels to regulate risks / Paul Weirich.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029619-4
- 1-281-16554-9
- 9786611165543
- 0-19-804382-1
- 1-4356-2042-9
- OCLC:
- 190862187
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