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QPCRGMOfood: Reliable, Standardisation specific, quantitative detection of GM Foods

Reference	BBS/E/F/04151034
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Lynn Frewer
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	40,717
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2001
End date	31/12/2001
Duration	9 months

Abstract

Much of the recent controversy associated with public acceptance of emerging agro-food sector technologies has resulted in consumers becoming actively involved in the debate through the exercise of consumer choice. The public also have increased expectations of regulatory protection from the risks of genetically modified foods, and indeed food risk in general, which is associated with increased economic affluence. The decline in consumer confidence associated with the application of genetic modification in the agro-food sector is linked to distrust in regulatory control of potentially hazardous outcomes of emerging technologies such as genetically modified foods. Perceptions of poor scientific control of the risks of genetically modified foods are linked to public concerns that scientists and risk regulators are unable to trace genetically modified ingredients within the agro-food sector. A key influence on consumer acceptance is the extent to which people perceive that the potential impact of a technology is the extent to which the risks are perceived to be hidden or uncontrolled. Improved methods to enable increased detection of Genetically Modified ingredients may improve both consumer confidence in food security and trust in science and risk regulators. It is important to assess whether this is the case

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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