CEP recently completed a research project to help the Food Standards Agency understand consumer views on emerging food technologies. The final reports are now available on the FSA website.
The development of new and emerging food technologies and their applications is a fast growing area. The Food Standards Agency (FSA)’s focus on protecting consumer interests in relation to food means it needs to understand and keep up to date with consumers views towards these technologies. The FSA commissioned Collingwood Environmental Planning (CEP) to undertake research on consumer views on emerging food technologies to update its evidence base.
The research involved:
A rapid evidence assessment (REA) on consumer views towards genetically modified (GM) foods, nanotechnology applied to foods, functional foods, cultured meat, novel food (in the UK) such as insect foods, food from a cloned animal, 3D printed foods and synthetic biology applied to foods.
A programme of public dialogue events in different parts of the UK to further explore views towards GM foods, nanotechnology in foods, food from cloned animals and cultured meat.
The final reports from the research are available on the FSA’s website here .
For more information please contact Paula Orr (Technical Director, CEP) or Dr Sian Morse-Jones (Principal Consultant, CEP).