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Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods: Does it Really Provide Consumer Choice?

Colin Andre Carter, Guillaume Gruère

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The mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) food aims to provide consumer choice. However, in the European Unionand elsewhere, GM food with mandatory labeling has disappeared from the retail shelves. Food processors economic incentives may explain why mandatory labeling has so far failed to provide consumer choice.

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Key concepts: European union, Food labeling, Genetically modified organism, Consumer choice, Incentive, Genetically modified food, Business, Consumer demand