Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China

作     者：HUANG Ji-kun PENG Bo-wen 

作者机构：Center for Chinese Agricultural PolicyInstitute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChinese Academy of Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》 (农业科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第14卷第11期

页      面：2391-2400页

核心收录：

学科分类：02[经济学] 0710[理学-生物学] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 020201[经济学-国民经济学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0703[理学-化学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 100403[医学-营养与食品卫生学] 10[医学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71333013) the National Key Program on Genetically Modified New Varieties of China (2011ZX08015-002A) the Templeton Foundation (through Rutgers University, USA) 

主　　题：food safety GM food urban China consumers perception 

摘      要：The debate about the safety of genetically modified （GM） food has attracted public attention in concurrence with the rapid development of agricultural biotechnology. This paper examines the consumers＇ perceptions on the safety of GM food in China. Based on a unique survey dataset, this study shows that consumers in urban China have significantly changed their perceptions on GM food safety. The percentage of consumers who perceived such food as unsafe for consumption increased by more than 30% in the 2002-2012 period. Approximately half of the consumers did not have an opinion on this issue. Major shifts have been occurred after 2010, likely because of the increasing influence of negative media reports on GM technology in recent years. Several individual and household＇s characteristics are shown to significantly affect consumers＇ perceptions on GM food safety, such as gender, education, food allergy experience and resident city size. The paper concludes with policy implications.