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The Civil Liability of GM Crops Producers for the Environment and Consumers: Iran Case journal article

Alireza Pouresmaeili, Mohammad Reza Vaezi Kakhki

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 5, Page 410 - 417

The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in order to ensure food security and reduce the world’s hungry population has taken an upturn since 1996. This research is made to investigate the liability arising from the cultivation and supply of GM crops to consumers in the context of Iran and the EU through a comparative view. In Iran, GM crops cultivation began in 1985, and today a variety of products is available in the food basket of consumers. The European Union (EU) strongly opposed the cultivation and marketing of GM crops from 1996 to 2003. The EU has been protecting the rights of consumers since 2003 by lifting various bans and restrictions on the cultivation, supply and import of GM crops. One of the main reasons for the EU’s opposition to the cultivation and supply of GM crops is misgiving about harming consumers, compromising the health of consumers and causing environmental pollution. The authors suggest that legislators in Iran, like the EU, recognize the system of strict liability by amending the laws in order to pass laws that protect the environment and consumers from the potential risks of GM crops and transgenic products and, therefore, must accept the strict liability system.

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