1、4600 英文单词， 25500英文字符 ， 中文 8000 字 文献出处： Vecchione M , Feldman C , Wunderlich S . Consumer knowledge and attitudes about genetically modified food products and labelling policyJ. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2014, 66(3):1-7. Consumer knowledge and attitudes about genetically m
2、odified food products and labelling policy Melissa Vecchione, Charles Feldman, and Shahla Wunderlich Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the prevalen
3、ce of GMO labelling in northern New Jersey supermarkets. This cross-sectional study surveyed 331 adults, New Jersey supermarket customers (mean age 26 years old, 79.8% women). The results show a strong, positive correlation between consumer attitudes towards foods not containing GMOs and purchasing
4、behaviour (Pearsons r=0.701, p 0.001) with lesser correlations between knowledge and behaviour (Pearsons r= 0.593, p 0.001) and knowledge and attitudes (Pearsons r =0.413, p 0.001). GMO labelling would assist consumers in making informed purchase decisions. Keywords： Consumer behaviour, GM food, GMO
5、, supermarkets Introduction The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2001) defines the term genetically modified organisms (aka GM or GMOs) as origin- ally used by the molecular biology scientific community to denote a living organism that had been genetically modified by inserting a gene from an unre
6、lated species. Since genes from unrelated organisms are not naturally transferred, technology is needed to carry out this task. These new species of plants are referred to as transgenics (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2001). Organisations studying the presence of GMOs in America estimate that 7580% of packaged or processed food items on supermarket shelves nationwide contain GMOs (Center for Food Safety: About GE Foods, 2014; Martin, 2013; Pew Initiative on Food and Bio
