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CONSUMER CHOICE AND COEXISTENCE SUBGROUP
The Consumer Choice and Coexistence subgroup formed in March 2002. The
subgroup has approached issues around consumer choice and GM crops from two
angles: what consumers want now and may want in the future; and how could this
be delivered in practical terms by producers. It has analysed consumer
decision-making and existing social research on consumer preferences. It has
also looked at the regulatory provisions that will impact on consumer choice and
considered the significant practical and economic implications for the
co-existence of different GM and non-GM crops on the farm and elsewhere in the
supply chain, including scope- what materials are covered by the labelling
regulations - and the thresholds set for adventitious presence (AP) of GM
material in food, feed and seeds. The group examined the practical and economic
implications of different models of co-existence for producers (seed producers,
the agricultural biotechnology industry, on the farm, elsewhere in the supply
chain) and for consumers in a representative range of food and non-food crops:
beet, oil seed rape, wheat and trees. The implications of gene transfer from GM
crops to other crops or wild relatives has also been considered as part of this.
The group's meetings were minuted but not held in public. Its first meeting was on 6 March 2002. For meeting details, please click here.
Click here for details of the members of each sub group.
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