This chapter addresses the impact of regulation on innovation as measured by the development of new products in the food industry. The EU and US regulatory environments are compared with respect to three innovative fields in the food industry: the use of genetic engineering for food production and...

This chapter looks at the labelling of genetically modified food products using a model that examines the interaction of national and international economies of scale in world trade. Two cases are considered: no labelling and with labelling. With no labelling, maximum national marketing economies...

This paper analyses the impact of voluntary labelling (i.e. of non-GMO or recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH)-free labelling) on fluid milk consumption in the USA. The econometric results obtained indicate that voluntary labelling does affect the composition of milk consumption in important...

The objective of this chapter is twofold: to explore consumer attitudes and behavioural intentions towards genetically modified (GM) food as well as their determinants: and to verify whether or not indications of differences in determinants of consumer attitudes and behavioural intentions exist...

This chapter analyses the topic of new product development (NPD) with the help of genetic manipulation technology in the agrifood sector. The analysis moves along 3 dimensions: the technology itself; the substrate of technology; and the consumers' reaction towards biotechnology. The analysis begins ...