Economic effects of purity standards in biotech labeling laws

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Giannakas, Konstantinos ^a   Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas ^b   Magnier, Alexander ^b   Mattas, Konstadinos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

agricultural biotechnology; AP thresholds; coexistence; genetically modified foods; labeling; purity standards; tolerances

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955682149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1319     Document Type: Article

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