Overseas markets say no to GM

In the 2001 Eurobarometer study (16,029 people, roughly 1,000 people for each member state of the EU), 70% of Europeans did not want GM foods

The UK’s Journal of Agrobiotechnology Management and Economics (Vol 6 No 3 article 6) reported that of 2,568 consumers surveyed, only 2% said they’d eat GM breakfast cereals when asked: “Which would you choose when the prices are identical between GM and non-GM foods?”. 71% said they would choose conventional, with the remainder undecided or having no preference.

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• No market for GM food in Europe
• Surveys show similar views among Americans and Europeans toward genetically modified foods
• Europe shows little taste for US biotech crops
• US consumers concerned about safety of GM foods
• Consumers still not ready for GM wheat
• Study shows decreasing US consumer acceptance of GM foods
• Five GM food crops withdrawn from Europe
• GM crops are economic disaster: report
• Most U.S. consumers still unaware of genetically modified foods
• millions of dollars wasted, as no market for GM sugar beet
• American shoppers believe organic foods are healthier, are confused about genetically modified foods
• Europeans show little appetite for biotech foods