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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. | ||
This right to decide is meaningful only when | |||
This right to decide is | |||
* 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 [[ | * 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]] | |||