Labeling Genetically Modified Food (eBook, ePUB)

The Philosophical and Legal Debate
Redaktion: Weirich, Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many countries, such as countries in the European Union, require that food labels announce genetically modified ingredients. The United States does not require such labeling. Which labeling policy is best? This interdisciplinary book surveys various labeling policies and the cases for them. It is the first comprehensive treatment of the debate about labeling genetically modified food.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190296193
• Artikelnr.: 42727066

Autorenporträt

Paul Weirich is Professor of Philosophy at University of Missouri-Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface/Acknowledgements/Introduction
* 1: Michael W. Pariza: A Scientific Perspective on Labeling
Genetically Modified Food
* 2: R. Michael Roberts: Genetically Modified Organisms for
Agricultural Food Production: The Extent of the Art and the State of
the Science
* 3: Frederick Degnan: Biotechnology and the Food Label: A Legal
Perspective
* 4: Margaret Rosso Grossman: Traceability and Labeling of GM Food and
Feed in the European Union
* 5: Robert Streiffer and Alan Rubel: Genetically Engineered Animals
and the Ethics of Food Labeling
* 6: Peter Markie: Mandatory GE Labels and Consumer Autonomy
* 7: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Leonie A Marks, and Steven S. Vickner:
Market Evidence of Consumer Response to Mandated Genetically Modified
Food Labels
* 8: Thomas O. McGarity: Frankenfood Free: Consumer Sovereignty,
Federal Regulation and Industry Control in Marketing and Choosing
Food in the U.S.
* 9: Philip G. Peters and Thomas A. Lambert: Regulatory Barriers to
Consumer Information
* 10: Clark Wolf: Labeling GM Foods: Rights, Interests, Enforcement,
and Institutional Options
* 11: Carl Cranor: Different Conceptions of Food Labels and Acceptable
Risks: Some Contingent/Institutional Considerations in Favor of
Labeling
* 12: Paul Weirich: Using Food Labels to Regulate Risks
* Index