Trusted consumer information – including labelling Final Vote Score 48 (Mentions 21)
Consumers
- World-wide consumer demand for full and clear labelling of GE food / additives / ingredients
- Accurate labels essential
- Any food or component that has been through a GE process must be labelled
- Categorise GE ‘safe’ and label e.g. equivalent / new protein / pesticide inside
- Labelling of any GMO or GE derived product. 100 % Simple and cost effective by 2005
- Labelling information on food gives consumers the choice to decides
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
- Enabling consumer choice
- Active risk communication by regulatory bodies and increased supply of information by marketers to ensure consumer confidence
- Consumers understand labelling, and recognise costs associated with such labelling
- Consumers must be able to make an informed choice
- Benefits to and understanding by consumers of the labelling regime outweighs the costs
- Labelling regs. which are practical
- Labelling requirements which include a ‘threshold’ limit
- A realistic labelling regulation
- Accepted audit trail
- Traceability of GE foods is vital to assess whether risk assessment really works
- Use of range of communication channels – not just labelling
- Acknowledgement of a persons right to freely choose what to eat
- Logical and rational labelling regime – clear regulation
Research
- Food labelling and access to reliable consumer information
- Food labelling of GE foods
Trusted risk and return Final Vote Score 28 (Mentions 19)
Consumers
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
- Clear identification of risks and return
- Clarity of safety issues in R&D
- Compliance cost must not outweigh benefit
- Commitment to standards which scientifically assess risk
- Regulation and standards based on sound science
- Key issues identified for standards
- Science coping with determining risk
- Commitment to research to facilitate risk assessment
- Acceptance of reasonable risk
- New risks are created when we depart from foods we are adapted to eat
- Agreement on audit processes
- Risk is an inherent part of life
- Enforceable, testable
- Risk requirement so everybody had confidence in the result
- Net health and economic benefit
- Transparency – put the risk evaluation on the internet
- Public acceptance of risk assessment principles
Research
- Regulations and standards at national level
- Regulation based on scientific risk assessment
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