Abstract
In the United States, consumers appear to be drawn to dietary supplements and resistant to genetically engineered food, colloquially known as GMOs. Both supplements and GMOs are regulated as food by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA mostly only has the authority to remove a supplement from the marketplace based on adverse event reporting. Conversely, the FDA has an extensive pre-market regulatory review for many GMOs. The science of many supplements is unknown, making this a potentially unsafe or non-nutritious food source. Conversely, the scientific community has formed a consensus that GMOs are as safe as conventional food. In other words, the consumers have opinions of these two types of food that are not in line with expert analysis of risk. This paper will discuss an empirical study analyzing consumer perceptions of health, safety and the environment as it relates to our food supply and provide important insight for regulatory policy.
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Public Health Policies and Practices
KEYWORDS
"Food Policy", " Public Policy", " Safety"
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