A government agency's responsibility to the consumer
Young, A.L.; Asner, M.R.
Journal of Nutrition 126(4 Suppl): 1010s-1012s
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166 PMID: 8642422 Document Number: 461250
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Agricultural Biotechnology developed a proactive stance for informing consumers about biotechnology in 1987. Using a variety of information vehicles, the Office of Agricultural Biotechnology has developed a dialogue with various groups having different and sometimes very strident opinions about the use of genetic engineering in plants and animals. At the same time, the government agency has fulfilled its mandate to neither promote nor discourage the use of biotechnology methods in research, but rather to present the data and thus allow consumers to make an informed decision. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.