The introduction of mandatory labelling of products containing GMOs will not necessarily increase the number of supporters or opponents of GMOs, according to a study presented at the Association of agricultural and applied Economics.

For those who are in favor of labeling GMOs, the opposition is divided into groups of people with lower levels of education and those who do GMO big money. However men and a group of middle-income countries showed an increase in objections to GM technology, when he supported the labeling of GM products.

When the researchers examined the disagreement consumers using GM technology in food production and the introduction of labelling, they concluded that, in General, the marking has no direct effect on the level of opposition, but increases the level of support GMO in some demographic groups, said the study authors from the University of Vermont.

The results of this study were announced immediately after the house of representatives passed a bill for the safe and accurate food labelling, which will prevent the introduction of mandatory GMO labeling by individual States. Partly the reason for the adoption of the bill was the fact that food companies are afraid that GMO labeling will be considered a warning to buyers about the dangers that may unlawfully harm the sales.

The researchers reported that they had not found evidence that the marking will act as a warning of danger, and added that there is some evidence that labeling increases consumer confidence in GM technology among certain groups.

The research results confirm one of the claims made by the supporters of GMO labeling, and that labeling GMOs was never intended as a warning label, and is simply a better way to inform consumers about what is in products.