Do consumers not care about biotech foods or do they just not read the labels?

Charles Noussair; Stephane Robin; Bernard Ruffieux

doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00594-8

Do consumers not care about biotech foods or do they just not read the labels?

Charles Noussair, Stephane Robin, Bernard Ruffieux

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Abstract

We conducted an experiment to study the discrepancy between European public opinion and consumer purchase behavior with regard to genetically modified organisms in the food supply. We found that consumers are typically unaware of the labeling indicating GMO content.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	47-53
Number of pages	7
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	75
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00594-8
State	Published - Mar 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biotechnology
Experiment
Labeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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