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| GMO Labeling and the Consumer’s Right to Know: A Comparative Review of Legal Basis of the Consumer’s Right for Genetically Modified Food Labeling, McGill Journal of Law and Health | |
Du, L.
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| 2014-11-01 | |
| Source Publication | McGill Journal of Law and the Health
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| ISSN | 1920-4825 |
| Pages | 1-42 |
| Abstract | Recent sensationalist lobbying campaigns have frequently used the protection of the "consumer's right to know" as a rationale for demanding a mandatory labelling system for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This article aims to discuss how Health Canada, the Canadian agency responsible for food labelling, is likely to react to the purportedly overwhelming argument of the consumer's right to know and the allegedly strong trend towards mandatory GMO labelling requirements. It begins with a comparative analysis of recent legal practices regarding the legal basis of the consumer's right to know for GMO labelling in the US, the European Union, and China. It subsequently refers to international instruments relevant to GMO labelling, examining how the consumer's right to know is addressed on the level of international law. Based on this review, this paper concludes that the consumer's right to know is currently far from being universally accepted as a justifiable rationale for enacting a mandatory food labelling requirement; consequently, in cases where there is no solid evidence indicating that there are harmful effects of GMOs on human health and preservation of life, Health Canada is unlikely to introduce a mandatory regime based solely on an acknowledgement of the consumer's ri |
| Keyword | GMO Labeling the Consumer's Right to Know Comparative Review Legal Bases |
| URL | View the original |
| Language | 英語English |
| The Source to Article | PB_Publication |
| PUB ID | 23079 |
| Document Type | Journal article |
| Collection | Faculty of Education |
| Corresponding Author | Du, L. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Du, L.. GMO Labeling and the Consumer’s Right to Know: A Comparative Review of Legal Basis of the Consumer’s Right for Genetically Modified Food Labeling, McGill Journal of Law and Health[J]. McGill Journal of Law and the Health, 2014, 1-42. |
| APA | Du, L..(2014). GMO Labeling and the Consumer’s Right to Know: A Comparative Review of Legal Basis of the Consumer’s Right for Genetically Modified Food Labeling, McGill Journal of Law and Health. McGill Journal of Law and the Health, 1-42. |
| MLA | Du, L.."GMO Labeling and the Consumer’s Right to Know: A Comparative Review of Legal Basis of the Consumer’s Right for Genetically Modified Food Labeling, McGill Journal of Law and Health".McGill Journal of Law and the Health (2014):1-42. |
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