FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Lay and scientific categorizations of new breeding techniques: Implications for food policy and genetically modified organism legislation BT AF Debucquet, Gervaise Baron, Regis Cardinal, Mireille AS 1:1;2:2;3:3; FF 1:;2:PDG-RBE-BRM;3:PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB; C1 AUDENCIA Business School, France Unité Biotechnologies et Ressources Marines, IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, France Laboratoire Ecosystèmes Microbiens et Molécules Marines pour les Biotechnologies (EM3B), IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, France C2 AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-RBE-BRM PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france IF 2.976 TC 5 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00634/74604/74979.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;food policy;genetically modified organism regulation;genetically modified organisms;lay categorization;new breeding techniques;and public understanding AB The rapid development of new genetic breeding techniques is accompanied by a polarized debate around their risks. Research on the public perception of these techniques lags behind scientific developments. This study tests a method for revealing laypeople’s perceptions and attitudes about different genetic techniques. The objectives are to enable laypeople to understand the key principles of new genetic breeding techniques and to permit a comparison of their modes of classification with those of scientific experts. The combined method of a free sorting task and focus groups showed that the participants distinguished the techniques that did not induce any change in DNA sequence, and applied two different logics to classify the other breeding techniques: a Cartesian logic and a naturalistic logic with a distinct set of values. The lay categorization differed substantially from current scientific categorizations of genetic breeding techniques. These findings have implications for food innovation policy and genetically modified organism legislation. PY 2020 PD JUN SO Public Understanding Of Science SN 0963-6625 PU SAGE Publications VL 29 IS 5 UT 000545261000001 BP 524 EP 543 DI 10.1177/0963662520929668 ID 74604 ER EF