Soon you won’t know – and genetically modified foods won’t be assessed for safety either.
If the biotechnology industry gets its way, Australia will be the first country in the world to deregulate a range of new genetic modification (GM) techniques in animals, plants and microbes. They will enter our food chain and our environment with no safety testing and no labelling. The risks are enormous and the results could be catastrophic.
Reviews commissioned by the Austrian and Norwegian governments concluded that not enough is known about the risks these new GM techniques pose. They recommended that products derived from them require comprehensive case-by-case risk assessments.
Soon you won’t know – and genetically modified foods won’t be assessed for safety either.
If the biotechnology industry gets its way, Australia will be the first country in the world to deregulate a range of new genetic modification (GM) techniques in animals, plants and microbes. They will enter our food chain and our environment with no safety testing and no labelling. The risks are enormous and the results could be catastrophic.
Reviews commissioned by the Austrian and Norwegian governments concluded that not enough is known about the risks these new GM techniques pose. They recommended that products derived from them require comprehensive case-by-case risk assessments.
Please take a few minutes to tell our Food Regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) why you think these techniques should be properly regulated.
Read FSANZ’s invitation to comment.
Read more about these techniques and the potential risks posed by them.
Please note: your submission will be made public unless you request that it remain confidential and will be cc'd to relevant decision makers. Submissions close 19th April.