The politics and science behind GMO acceptance

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-361

  Varzakas, Theodoros H ^a   Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S ^b   Baltas, Haralambos ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economical; Ethical; GM fish; GMOs; Human issues; Ideological; Political; Scientific

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; LAW; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLITICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES;

EID: 34247565519     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390600762696     Document Type: Review

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