What lies behind the GM label on UK foods

AgBioForum

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 250-254

  Nunn, Janet ^a  

^a British Retail Consortium ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British retail consortium (BRC); Consumer needs; Food and drink federation (FDF); Genetically modified foods; Identity preserved systems; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242745180     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. British Retail Consortium (BRC). (2001). BRC-FDF technical standard for identity preserved systems in the supply of non-genetically modified products. London: BRC. Available soon on the World Wide Web: http://www.brc.org.uk/.
2. Council Regulation (EEC) 1139/98, OJ No. L159 3.6.98, (1998), p. 4.
3. Food Standards Agency (FSA). (2000, December 20). Investigation detects no unauthorized GM in tortilla chips (Press Release No. 2000/0075). London: FSA. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/ press_releases/uk_press/2000/pr001220.htm.
4. Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD). (2000). GM foods-past, present, future (IGD Business Publications). Hertfordshire, UK: IGD Consumer Unit. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.igd.com.
5. Kearns, P. (2000). Food safety assessment and regulatory organization in OECD countries. Presented at the OECD Conference on the Scientific and Health Aspects of GM Food, Edinburgh, Scotland. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.oecd.org/subject/biotech/ed_prog_sum.htm.
6. Randall, A. (2000). The work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Presented at the OECD Conference on the Scientific and Health Aspects of GM Food, Edinburgh, Scotland. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.oecd.org/ subject/biotech/ed_prog_sum.htm.