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8 McGill J.L. & Health 1 (2014-2015)

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McGILL JOURNAL OF LAW AND HEALTH - REVUE DE DROIT ET SANTE DE McGILL



  GMO LABELLING AND THE CONSUMER'S

RIGHT TO KNow: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW

OF THE LEGAL BASES FOR THE CONSUMER'S

  RIGHT TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

                         LABELLING


                             Li Du*


Recent sensationalist lobbying campaigns
have frequently used the protection of the
consumer's right to know as a rationale
for demanding a mandatory labelling sys-
tem for genetically modified organisms
(GMOs). This article aims to discuss how
Health Canada, the Canadian agency re-
sponsible for food labelling, is likely to re-
act to the purportedly overwhelming argu-
ment of the consumer's right to know and
the allegedly strong trend towards manda-
tory GMO labelling requirements. It begins
with a comparative analysis of recent legal
practices regarding the legal basis of the
consumer's right to know for GMO label-
ling in the US, the European Union, and


De rdcentes et sensationnalistes campagnes
de lobbying ont invoqud le << droit du
consommateur de savoir >> comme une rai-
son d'insister sur l'dtablissement d'un sys-
t&me d'dtiquetage obligatoire pour les orga-
nismes gdndtiquement modifids (OGM).
Cet article vise a discuter comment Santd
Canada, l'agence canadienne responsable
de l'dtiquetage alimentaire, risque de rdagir
au prdtendu puissant argument du droit du
consommateur de savoir ainsi qu'a la prd-
sumde forte tendance vers des exigences
d'dtiquetage des OGM. L'auteur propose
une analyse comparative des r6centes pra-
tiques juridiques en ce qui concerne la base
ldgale de l'dtiquetage des OGM par raison


   Li Du, LLB, MBB S (Wuhan), PhD (Alberta); Research Associate at the Health
   Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; PhD
   Candidate, School of Law, Wuhan University, Hubei, China. I would like to
   gratefully acknowledge Timothy Caulfield and Linda Reif for assistance and
   insight in the research and writing of this article. I would also like to thank
   Christen Rachul, School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton Uni-
   versity, Ottawa, for language editing at the early stages of this article. I am
   very grateful to the editors of McGill Journal of Law and Health for their great
   assistance throughout the entire publication process.
                              © Li Du 2014

Citation: Li Du, GMO Labelling and the Consumer's Right to Know: A Compa-
rative Review of the Legal Bases for the Consumer's Right to Genetically Modi-
            fied Food Labelling (2014) 8:1 McGill JL & Health 1.

  Rfdrence : Li Du, < GMO Labelling and the Consumer's Right to Know: A
Comparative Review of the Legal Bases for the Consumer's Right to Genetically
        Modified Food Labelling  (2014) 8 : 1 RD & sante McGill 1.

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