GM-free private standards and their effects on biosafety decision-making in developing countries

Food Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Gruère, Guillaume ^a   Sengupta, Debdatta ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Genetically modified food; International trade; Private standards

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 68849087470     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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