date:Jun 13, 2016
d a GMO index to score different countries and show country-by-country restrictiveness of GMO regulation. The score is generated from six main parameters of GMO regulation: approval process, risk assessment, labeling, traceability, coexistence and membership in international agreements. The EU and Japan lean toward the more rigorous side for GMO regulation, whereas the U.S. represents the less-preventive side of the scale. There is also a third group of countries that weigh the benefits of GMOs