A panel entrusted by the Japanese Government to promote acceptance of GM products has released details of a poll that shows half of the population firmly against GM crops.
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The survey carried out by the government affiliated STAFF (The Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) showed only 9% of those polled had a good image of GM food, while those who viewed GM food as unfavourable counted 51% of interviewees. Respondents who declared themselves to be reluctant to eat GM food tallied 61%.
Seventy percent said they were ignorant of the fact that oil and soy sauce do not have mandatory GM labeling.
