This book, with 18 chapters divided into 5 parts, provides a compilation of recent studies on consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. These studies utilized different methods and evidence and the volume is organized to reflect this. The chapters in this volume find substantial diversity in consumer acceptance patterns internationally. The differences in consumer acceptance patterns do not mirror differences in political action movements, particularly between North America and Europe. In general, European consumers do express more scepticism regarding food safety than North American consumers do. But it also appears that European consumers have less trust in the food safety system and in regulations generally than in the case of North American consumers. This lack of trust combined with small differences in attitudes and acceptances has been translated into differences in political action.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Do agricultural commodity prices respond to GMO bans? / Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes, Joe L. Parcell -- Consumer acceptance and labeling of GMOs in food products : a study of fluid milk demand / Kristin Kiesel, David Buschena, Vincent Smith -- Consumer purchasing behavior towards GM foods in the Netherlands / Leonie Marks, Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes, Steven Vickner -- The welfare effects of implementing mandatory GM labeling in the United States / Wallace E. Huffman, Matthew Rousu, Jason F. Shogren, Abebayehu Tegene -- Using simulated test marketing to examine purchase interest in food products that are positioned as GMO free / Marianne McGarry Wolf, Angela Stephens, Nicci Pedrazzi -- Measuring the value of GM traits : the theory & practice of willingness-to-pay analysis / Simbo Olubobokun and Peter W.B. Philips -- Willingness to pay for GM food labeling in New Zealand / William Kaye-Blake, Kathryn Bicknell, Charles Lamb -- Contingent valuation of breakfast cereals made of non-biotech ingredients / Wanki Moon, Siva Balasubramanian -- A comparative analysis of consumer acceptance of GM foods in Norway and in the USA / Wen D. Chern, Kyrre Rickertsen -- Comparing consumer responses toward GM foods in Japan and Norway / Jill J. McCluskey, Kristine M. Grimsrud, Thomas I. Wahl -- Willingness to pay for GM foods : results from a public survey in the USA / Hsin-Yi Chen, Wen S. Chern -- A comparison of consumer attitudes toward GM food in Italy and the USA / Marianne McGarry Wolf, Paola Bertolini, Jacob Parker-Garcia -- Consumer attitudes toward GM food in Ireland and the USA / Marianne McGarry Wolf, Juliana McDonnell, Christine Domegan, Heidi Yount -- Attitudes toward GM food in Colombia / Douglas Pachico, Marianne McGarry Wolf -- Consumer acceptance and development perspectives of functional food in Germany / Heiko Dustmann, H. Wendlmaier -- Factors explaining opposition to GMOs in France and the rest of Europe / Sylvie Bonny -- Introducing novel protein foods in the EU : economic and environmental impacts / Xueqin Zhu, Ekko van Ireland, Justus Wesseler -- Consumer attitudes towards GM foods : the modeling of preference changes / Chantal Pohl Nielsen, Karen Thierfelder, Sherman Robinson.

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