Economic loss caused by genetically modified organisms:liability and redress for the adventitious presence of GMOs in non-GM crops

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Askeland Bjarte.; Koch Bernhard A.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Wien New York
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: ; v. 24
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77988-0
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 747 p.): ill.
ISBN: 9783211779880 (electronic bk.)
3211779884 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: D950
CLC: D950.21
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the EU may lead to cases, in which traditional agricultural products contain detectable traces of GMOs. On the one hand, such admixture may result from inadequate application of segregation measures by farmers. On the other hand, as agriculture is an open process that does not allow the complete isolation of individual fields, a certain degree of admixture between neighbouring crops is unavoidable in practice. The presence of GMOs in traditional products may lead to their devaluation, which would entail an economic damage to the producer of