论我国转基因食品消费者知情权的法律保障

On Legal Guarantee for Consumer's Right to Know of Genetically Modified Foods in China

大多时候,我们的恐惧不是新事物本身,而是"不知情"。对于转基因食品这种科技含量高的新产品,其引发消费者普遍关注的最主要原因是其标识不清侵犯消费者的知情权,当然,我国的转基因食品安全评价和检测评估体系不完善、公众参与转基因食品安全管理的机会少,也是公众对转基因食品产生恐惧的原因。我们应在符合我国国情的基础上,借鉴欧盟保障消费者知情权的相关经验,健全我国转基因食品安全评价和检测评估体系、加强我国对转基因食品的标识管理、强化政府信息披露力度和公众参与机制,从而更好的保障我国转基因食品消费者的知情权。

Most of time,our fear is not from a new thing itself,but for being uninformed. For new products with high technological content such as genetically modified foods,the most important reason for which triggered widespread concern of consumers is the unclear label to violate the consumers rights to know. And another reason is the imperfect security evaluation system and less chance of public participation in safety management of genetically modified food. Based on the national situation and taking advantage of experiences from the European Union to protect consumers' right to know,it is to perfect evaluation system,safety assessment of genetically modified food in our country,strengthen the labeling of genetically modified food for management,strengthen the government information publicity and participation mechanism,so that the consumers' right to know can get legal protection of genetically modified food in China.