GM Focus Group Report

Monday 22 July 2002

The report is a result of our focus group activity into public perceptions about and attitudes towards various key issues surrounding GM food.

The objectives of this research were to:

• Establish the relative levels of concern about GM in food
• Identify the precise issues of concern in relation to GM in food
• Identify what the general public understand by the term GM
• Assess awareness of the extent to which GM technology is used in food production (and other areas)
• Establish how important it is to the general public that they are informed about the presence of GM in food or the use of GM technology
• Identify the questions that need to be answered about GM in food
• Identify who the general public would believe about GM in food

Follow the link below to view the full report as a pdf.