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Implications of Risk Governance in Genetically Modified Food: A Comparative Discussion on European and United States Contexts

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  • A B M Enamol Hassan
  • Nazma Afroz

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The rapid growth of world population has increased the demand for Genetically Modified Food (GMF) to fulfill the global nutritional needs. Simultaneously, it also needs to understand the cross-national contexts based on the risk governance of this newly emergence of food technologies. Thus, the paper tries to exhibit a comparison on GMF between United States (US) and European Union (EU) using the risk governance framework. Hence, the study uses the risk governance framework as a model that incorporates risk assessment, concern assessment, risk characterization and evaluation, risk management, and risk communication. The paper is based on secondary source of data collection and the two areas (US and EU) is purposively selected for this comparative discussion. The result shows recent controversies on usage of GMF between US and EU highlighting the apparent differences that does exist in all spheres of risk governance.

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  • A B M Enamol Hassan & Nazma Afroz, 2020. "Implications of Risk Governance in Genetically Modified Food: A Comparative Discussion on European and United States Contexts," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 16(8), pages 1-33, August.
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