Comparison of the Evolution of Genetically Modified Food Safety Policies between the United States and the European Union

With the research on and development of Genetically Modified Food (GMF), people's attitude toward GMF may fall into two divergent categories, typical- ly represented by the United States(US) and the European Union(EU), respectively. The former follows a "sound science principle" and firmly objects t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hunan agricultural science & technology newsletter : HASTN 2012-09, Vol.13 (9), p.2024-2028
Hauptverfasser: She, Lina, Zhang, Yaqiong, Zhang, Li, Jia, Yangying, Xu, Wenting, Xie, Shiqing, Liang, Qian
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Zusammenfassung:With the research on and development of Genetically Modified Food (GMF), people's attitude toward GMF may fall into two divergent categories, typical- ly represented by the United States(US) and the European Union(EU), respectively. The former follows a "sound science principle" and firmly objects to the precautionary principle, namely a permissive policy of positive support of and voluntary labelling on GMF; while the latter adopts a cautiously precautionary principle, requiring mandatory labelling and traceability. From the standpoint of regulatory principles, together with corresponding supervisory measures and relevant provisions, this paper compared the execution of directives and provisions on GMF from the initial policies enacted by the US and EU to current situation combined with the track and analysis of latest polic ies issued.
ISSN:1009-4229
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1009-4229-B.2012.09.046