Quest for Real Food: Profiles

Introduction

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Profiles

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Profiles 

Listed below are various questions relevant to the research and consideration of your groups. Do seek to address these issues in your relevant project. In addition, you are free, and encouraged, to consider other questions / concerns relevant to your project.

Profile A: Directors of Various Food Companies  1) What are the benefits of consuming genetically engineered foods? 2) Are there any side effects/ risks of consuming genetically engineered foods? 3) How can genetically engineered food products benefit my company? 4) Is there a trend in consumer preference for my company products especially those with genetically engineered food products as their ingredients?

Profile B: Executives from CASE (Consumer Association of Singapore) 1) What the consumer needs to know about genetically engineered foods? 2) What should the consumer know about genetically engineered foods? 3) What are the benefits of genetically engineered foods from the consumer's perspective? 4) What are the risks of genetically engineered foods from the consumer's perspective? 5) Do these benefits outweigh the risks and why? 6) Should genetically engineered foods be labeled?

Profile C: Environmentalists in Greenpeace Singapore 1) Are genetically engineered foods destroying our environment? 2) What are the potential benefits of food biotechnology to the environment and to the issue of world hunger? 3) What are the potential risks of food biotechnology to the environment and to the issue of world hunger?  4) Are the benefits worth the risks and why?

Profile D: Nutritionists  1) What are the implications of consuming genetically engineered food from our diet? 2) What are the side effects/ risks of consuming genetically engineered food? 3) What are the benefits of consuming genetically engineered food? 4) Is there a need to evaluate the proportion of genetically engineered foods consumed from the consumer's point of view?

Profile E: Scientists Representing MNCs dealing in GM foods 1) Are genetically engineered foods the cure for Singapore's food security issues? 2) What are the benefits of genetically engineered foods?   3) What are the risks of genetically engineered foods?   4) Do the benefits outweigh the risks and why?

Profile F: Economists from the Ministry of Trade and Industry 1) Is large-scale GM food production the solution for Singapore food security? Are there other viable economic alternatives? 2) What are the benefits of large-scale GM food production for Singapore? 3) Are there risks concerning large-scale GM food production locally? 4) Do the benefits outweigh the risks and why?