Catherine Oates-Robinson (University of South Carolina): Publications - PhilPeople

University of South Carolina
Department of Philosophy

Undergraduate

Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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When goliaths clash: US and EU differences over the labeling of food products derived from genetically modified organisms (review)
with Andy Thorpe

Agriculture and Human Values 21 (4): 287-298. 2004.

There is a fundamental divergence of opinion between the EU and the US over how food products derived from genetically modified organisms should be labeled. This has less to do with safety, as moves towards the international harmonization of safety standards continue apace, and rather more to do with the consumers' right to know about the origins of the food they are consuming. This paper uses a framework drawn from the global public goods (GPG) literature of economics and the work by internatio…Read more
There is a fundamental divergence of opinion between the EU and the US over how food products derived from genetically modified organisms should be labeled. This has less to do with safety, as moves towards the international harmonization of safety standards continue apace, and rather more to do with the consumers' right to know about the origins of the food they are consuming. This paper uses a framework drawn from the global public goods (GPG) literature of economics and the work by international relations theorists on formal international organizations (FIO) to explain why there is presently no global consensus on the manner (voluntary or mandatory) in which GM food products should be labeled

Autonomy in Applied Ethics