turkey planet by john pritchett

genetically modified (gm) food is generally misunderstood

a recent (eu-funded) study led by vivian moses fron king’s college found new results with a asimple, and yet innovative methodology. the study released yesterday, found that european consumers do actually buy gm (genetically modified) foods but many of them don’t even know that they do so. the innovativeness in the methodology of this study was that they actually interviewed the consumers after they purchased the food and not before. the study results were striking: “nearly half of the people who bought gm-labelled foods said they would not buy such products, while 30% of consumers buying them did not know whether they had bought them”.

download the report here:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/biohealth/research/nutritional/consumerchoice
find comments and popular articles:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/study-europeans-unconcerned-gm-foods/article-176364
http://www.foodanddrinkeurope.com/Consumer-Trends/European-shoppers-do-not-steer-clear-of-GM-labels-says-study/?c=4wbUlkUvhFpM7SZQ8VXFWA%3D%3D

is gm the solution? yes:  http://www.abcinformation.org/
is gm the solution? no: http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/index.html
nestle’s forum on gm : http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25020ee0-4098-11dd-bd48-0000779fd2ac.html