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Abstract
One debate in the literature regarding consumers’ reactions to genetically modified
food (GMF) centres on whether consumers react to the process of gene technology or
to the specific GMF products. Results from a choice experiment survey in New Zealand
indicate that consumers are heterogeneous with regard to GMF and that some modifications
are viewed more positively than others. These findings suggest that for some
consumers the process of gene technology is the decisive factor in evaluatingGMF, while
for others the different potential GMF products are valued according to their enhanced
attributes.