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    GMOs production and use are very controversial topics, and some consider it a major issue that consumers be ultimately the ones to choose whether they accept them or not.
    GMOs production and use are very controversial topics, and some consider it a major issue that consumers be ultimately the ones to choose whether they accept them or not.


    A consumer may be
    This right to decide is meaningful only when  
    * a person using a GMO to produce a good (e.g. a farmer using GM corn seed)
    * or a person consuming a good made from a GMO (e.g. a vegetarian eating a soya steak made from GM soya plant)
     
    This right to decide is meaningfull only when  
    * consumers are provided enough information to make up their mind on the topic : e.g. ''what is a GMO'', ''what are the potential or proved benefits'', ''what are the potential or proved ecological, sociological or economical negative impacts of GMO production and use''
    * consumers are provided enough information to make up their mind on the topic : e.g. ''what is a GMO'', ''what are the potential or proved benefits'', ''what are the potential or proved ecological, sociological or economical negative impacts of GMO production and use''
    * consumers are able to give a [[w:feedback]] to the producer of the GMO or to the user of the GMO producing the final good.
    * consumers are able to give a [[feedback]] to the producer of the GMO or to the user of the GMO producing the final good.
    * consumers are able to have impact on the legal decisions as regards GMO experiments, production, use, [[traceability]] and [[labelling]]
    * consumers are able to have impact on the legal decisions as regards GMO experiments, production, use, [[traceability]] and [[labelling]]
    * consumers are provided information about which products contains (or do not contain) GMO and which products were produced (or not produced) by GMOs
    * consumers are provided information about which products contains (or do not contain) GMO and which products were produced (or not produced) by GMOs
    * consumers are given the opportunity to purchase the products they chose to consume, preferably at similar costs for the two channels
    * consumers are given the opportunity to purchase the products they chose to consume, preferably at similar costs for the two channels


     
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    See also [[w:informed consent]]
    ===See also===
    * [[w:GMO]]
    * [[w:informed consent]]
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