Abstract:
The Romanian market is full of soybean products for instance: soy milk, soy flower, tofu, or raw soybean in different
shapes and sizes. Although our country prohibited the genetically modified soybean cultivation since 2007 the others
countries of the world are still cultivating it. The conventional soybean cultivated by Romanian farmers is exported, and
in exchange we are importing genetically modified soybean. According to the study of the market, there aren’t
genetically modified soybeans products on the market meaning that the imported soybeans are used for animal feeding
and the information stops there: we are not informed that the animal who’s milk or meat we are eating was feed on
genetically modified organisms. During the study I have used 60 different soybean products meaning: 9 drinks, 2 bars, 5
vegetable pastes, 6 raw soybeans products, 4 soybeans oils, 4 types of soybean sauce, 10 types of tofu, 5 types of
desserts, 4 soybeans specialties, 4 soy beans products, 3 soybeans supplements, 4 soybeans cosmetics. The research
targeted the labeling interpretation, because according to Government Decision number 173/2006 the producers are
forced to inform the consumer if the product is genetically modified or contains genetically modified ingredients.
During the research I have noticed that most of the soybean products come from ecological or biological agriculture and
contain the information: this product doesn’t contain genetically modified soybean. This means that consumers are
afraid of the genetically modified products and the producers use this information to convince them to buy soybean
product without concerning for their health.
