Irish Consumer Acceptance of the Use of Gene Technology in Food Production

Mary McCarthy; Sonja Vilie

Irish Consumer Acceptance of the Use of Gene Technology in Food Production

In: Paradoxes in Food Chains and Networks

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Mary McCarthy

Mary McCarthy RM. 2.29, O’Rahilly Building Department of Food Business & Development University College Cork Phone: 00 353 21 4902075 Fax: 00 353 21 4903358 e-mail: m.mccarthy@ucc.ie

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Sonja Vilie Department of Food Business & Development University College Cork Ireland

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Pages:: 176–187

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086865079_018

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This paper reports on the findings of a survey of Irish consumers’ perceptions of gene technology in food production. Two hundred respondents completed a self-reporting questionnaire in June 2000. Consumers perceived few benefits and many risks from gene technology. Furthermore they believed that benefits apply more to the environment and society than to them personally. Risks were believed to apply equally to all targets. Consumers who believed they gained personal benefits from gene technology in food production showed greater acceptance. Respondents believed that the industry and scientists had most control over gene technology in food production while consumers had little to no control. Ninety-one per cent of the respondents believed they have no control over the use of gene technology in food production. Respondents who believed they had control over the use of the technology also believed that the technology provided greater personal benefit when compared with those who felt they had no personal control. Objection to gene technology and the need for regulation is based more on the grounds of possible risks than on ethical grounds. Objection to the technology and the need for regulation was significantly greater for animals and genetic human material than for plants and micro-organisms. Information about gene technology was most trusted from scientists and the media. However, trust in information sources was in general very low.

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Paradoxes in Food Chains and Networks

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