Actitud hacia el etiquetado en productos genéticamente modificados en la población urbana de México / Attitude towards the Labeling of Genetically Modified Products in the Urban Population of Mexico

Abstract

Nuestro objetivo fue estudiar las actitudes de la población urbana mexicana con respecto al etiquetado de los productos transgénicos mediante el análisis transversal de una muestra probabilística de 14 mil 720 personas entre 18 y 65 años de edad. Sus actitudes hacia el etiquetado de productos (GM) fueron estudiadas y analizadas con un instrumento de 4 ítems binarios. Entre los resultados se encontró que 63.25 % de la muestra tiene el hábito de leer las etiquetas de los productos que consume; 93.69 % consideró que la publicidad debe informar al consumidor final sobre el contenido; 93.59 % sugirió que los alimentos GM deben mostrar la información en la etiqueta y 93.23 % consideró que el gobierno mexicano debe legislar para regular el etiquetado de los productos. En conclusión, más de la mitad de los encuestados leyó la información que viene en las etiquetas de los productos que consume. Además, estuvo de acuerdo en que los productos elaborados con plantas y animales genéticamente modificados muestren en su etiquetado la información correspondiente para que el ciudadano pueda elegir si los consume o no.

Perceptions and Attitudes of University Students of Five Mexican Public Institutions on the Labeling of Products Made with Genetically Modified Organisms

“…In 4th sem nts (10.20%), ster to 526 stu Montesinos-López, et al, (2016) (93.59%), they propose that the label shows the characteristics of the product with GMO content. While, in the sample of university students (92.20%) in relation to the urban sample (93.69%) they propose that when promoting in any medium, a product with GMO content, the characteristics of the products should be made known to the individuals and finally, in the university students sample (92.50%), while in the urban sample (92.23%) agree that the Mexican government must legislate the corresponding legal framework to force the labeling of products with GMO content (Montesinos-López, et al, 2017). The above findings are consistent with studies conducted with students in Russia (Delmond et al, 2018), Kuwait (Nedaa & Al, 2018) and in India ( Kajale & Becker, 2013).…”

“…It is relevant to point out that in 2015 a research was carried out in Mexico, at a national level, to know the perceptions and attitudes towards GMOs financed by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), with a sample of 14720 participants from the Mexican urban population, with people in a range of age between 18 to 65 years, in this study all 64 items of the questionnaire were dichotomous (Montesinos-López, et al, 2016). From the results of this survey these authors published a paper about the attitudes toward labeling of genetically modified products (Montesinos-López, et al, 2017), were they reported that 63.25% of the participants has the habit of reading the labels of the products that they consume. Also, they reported that 93.69% participants said that when companies advertise these types of products, they must show on the label the characteristics of the content, 93.59% want that products made with GMO show the characteristics of the content on the label and finally 93.23% agree that the Mexican government must legislate the corresponding legal framework, to force companies to label products with GMO content (Montesinos-López, et al, 2017).…”

“…From the results of this survey these authors published a paper about the attitudes toward labeling of genetically modified products (Montesinos-López, et al, 2017), were they reported that 63.25% of the participants has the habit of reading the labels of the products that they consume. Also, they reported that 93.69% participants said that when companies advertise these types of products, they must show on the label the characteristics of the content, 93.59% want that products made with GMO show the characteristics of the content on the label and finally 93.23% agree that the Mexican government must legislate the corresponding legal framework, to force companies to label products with GMO content (Montesinos-López, et al, 2017).…”