Life Cycle of the Fight to Label Innovative Ingredients Introduced into Consumer Products - a Suggestion for Producers of Lab Grown Meat
Bill of Health, blog of the Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard School of Law, February 11, 2013
4 Pages Posted: 29 Dec 2017
Date Written: Febraury 11, 2013
Abstract
Manufacturers assert that they have no obligation to provide consumers with notice through labeling when ingredients created through innovative technologies are introduced into consumer products designed for human consumption. On the other hand, consumers take the position that they have the right to know what ingredients are in these products, especially when ingredients are novel and the risks associated with exposure to them are unknown. Recent events suggest that this problem may be developing a life cycle that savvy manufacturers should be watching.
Keywords: food labeling, genetically modified, lab grown meat, nanotechnology
JEL Classification: I1, I00, I10, I11, I12, I13, I14
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