Legal aspects of GMOs in supply chains
OBJECTIVES:
Plans for co-existence and traceability cannot be considered feasible unless legal concerns are taken into account. If GM material is found in a food shipment, how will authorities address liability? Should the supplier be charged for the mix-up, even if they cannot be proven guilty? Do punishments become more severe if consumers unknowingly end up purchasing and consuming the GM product? Co-existence and traceability can only function when these kinds of legal questions have been addressed.
APPROACH:
No description of approach available.
SHORT RESULTS:
The team has reached only preliminary, unpublished results at this stage of the project.
PARTICIPANTS:
| NAME / ORGANISATION | CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Julian Kinderlerer and Mike Adcock Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics (SIBLE), United Kingdom |
Email: info@coextra.eu |
| Norma Pensel Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina | |
| Victor Pelaez Paraná Institute of Technology (Tecpar), Brasil | |
| Kees De Roest Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali (CRPA), Italy | |
| Centre de recherche sur le droit des sciences et des techniques, équipe de recherche du Centre |