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USA – ATTITUDES TO BIOTECH FOODS
IFIC Survey Finds Consumers Remain Unconcerned with Biotech Foods
26 September 2007 Source: International Food Information Council
http://www.ific.org/newsroom/releases/biotechresearchrelease2007.cfm
This week, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) released the results of its annual consumer survey on food biotechnology, finding that consumer familiarity and overall impression of food biotechnology remains little changed from a year ago in the United States. The survey also found that there was little change in the American public’s perception of food biotechnology, and those who have an opinion are twice as likely to have favorable-as opposed to unfavorable- impressions. The International Food Information Council also reported that favorable impressions of animal biotechnology increased from 19 percent in 2006 to 24 percent this year. Nearly half of Americans (46 per cent) said they were "somewhat" or "very" likely to buy meat, milk and eggs from cloned animals if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined they were safe. When the phrase "from cloned animals" was replaced with "from animals enhanced through genetic engineering" the number of Americans who were "very" or "somewhat" likely to buy these food products jumped to 61 per cent.
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