What consumers don't know about genetically modified food, and how that affects beliefs

FASEB Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3091-3096

  McFadden, Brandon R ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GM food; Labeling; Public acceptance; Public knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRODUCT SAFETY; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATA COLLECTION; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990856251     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201600598     Document Type: Article

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