Genetic Technology in the Light of Food Security and Food Safety - General Report

Genetically modified organisms have been discussed controversially ever since they were subject of legislation and regulation. This reports sheds light on the question how different countries from all over the world have reacted to the emergence of the new technology of genetic engineering and how the law should respond to it. The answers to these questions of principle are highly dependent on the political and social discussions within a legal community. This is especially true for the use of GMOs in food production. What one government considers an evil to avoid is a welcome expansion of alimentary diversification to the other. Thus, there is a variety of interesting and differentiated width of legal frameworks on international, supranational (EU) and national level to be found. It is these frameworks the article will examine, primarily on the basis of the national reports that were handed in.