"This is Australia, the biggest Laboratory in the world" ---- “这就是澳洲,世界上最大的转基因实验室”。
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主粮之一的转基因麦子(Wheat)也可能将在澳洲土地上播种,并可能在2015年后走上百姓的餐桌。。。作为反对转基因(特别是转基因主食)的人类(第三方机构和Grassroots草根们)都应该起来反对,加强呼吁反对澳洲十分宽松的转基因食品政策。
Currently, the only genetically modified food crops produced in Australia are canola and cotton, but a variety of other GM foods can be imported and used as an ingredient in packaged foods. Foods where GM ingredients are highly refined do not need to be labelled as containing GM products.
COTTON
Genetically modified cotton has been grown commercially in Australia since 1996.
The cotton has been modified so that it is insect resistant, herbicide tolerant or both.
Cotton seed from GM cotton is crushed to produce cotton seed oil, which is widely used for cooking. Cottonseed meal can be used in stockfeed.
CANOLA
GM canola, modified for herbicide tolerance, was approved for commercial production in Australia in 2003.
However the states in which canola was being grown at the time placed bans -- bans which were only lifted by NSW and Victoria in 2008. WA also currently allows commercial growing of GM canola crops.
Canola oil is used in margarine-type spreads, dairy blends and as an ingredient in tinned and snack foods. Canola meal is often used in stockfeed.
IMPORTED GM FOODS
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), allows manufacturers to use a wide range of GM food ingredients imported from overseas. These include specific GM varieties of soybeans, corn, rice, potatoes and sugarbeet.
GM soybean products are used as ingredients in many processed foods, such as bread, pastries, chocolates, potato chips, margarine and mayonnaise. Soy lecithin (additive 322) is used as an emulsifier in spreads, cakes and confectionery. Soybean meal is often used in stockfeed, particularly for pigs and poultry and in supplements for dairy cattle.
GM corn products can be corn oil, cornflour or corn syrup; used in snack foods, fried foods and confectionery. It is also used for cattle feed.
GM potatoes can be used in processed products such as snack foods. However fresh GM potatoes cannot be sold in Australia.
GM sugar beet can be used as sugar in some imported processed foods
TRIALS
Field trials of pineapple, papayas, wheat, barley and sugarcane are underway in Australia. These products have been modified for insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, color, oil production, sugar composition, flowering and fruit development.
Gene technology research is also underway in Australia on bananas, rice and corn.
GM TECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL FARMING
CSIRO says researchers are using gene technology to improve the efficiency of animal production. This research, carried out by universities, Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) and CSIRO, uses the natural genetic variation in livestock populations to selectively breed animals that produce more meat, milk and fibre.
Animals can be fed the approved GM products mentioned above.
GM FOOD LABELLING
GM food products on sale in Australia and New Zealand – either as a whole food or as an ingredient in a processed food – must have their GM status identified if introduced genetic material or protein is present in the final food. However, there are exceptions.
- Foods where GM ingredients are highly refined, such as cooking oils, margarine, sugars, starches, chocolate, baked goods. Many processed foods fall into this category.
-Foods made at bakeries, restaurants and takeaways.
-Foods from animals that are fed GM feed.
- GM labelling laws allow companies to include up to one percent of GM organisms in food without labelling it GM, as long as the GM is there “unintentionally” or by accident.
In Australia, there are currently no approved GM fresh foods, such as fruit and vegetables.
Should they ever be approved, FSANZ's regulation states that they must be displayed with a tag disclosing their GM status.作者: happyking 时间: 2014-1-25 22:29
提示: 作者被禁止或删除 内容自动屏蔽作者: 指南针 时间: 2014-1-25 22:32 本帖最后由 指南针 于 2014-1-25 23:38 编辑
GM food products on sale in Australia and New Zealand – either as a whole food or as an ingredient in a processed food – must have their GM status identified if introduced genetic material or protein is present in the final food. However, there are exceptions.
- Foods where GM ingredients are highly refined, such as cooking oils, margarine, sugars, starches, chocolate, baked goods. Many processed foods fall into this category.
-Foods made at bakeries, restaurants and takeaways.
-Foods from animals that are fed GM feed.
- GM labelling laws allow companies to include up to one percent of GM organisms in food without labelling it GM, as long as the GM is there “unintentionally” or by accident.作者: auprince 时间: 2014-1-26 05:23
不懂
求科普作者: joerkky 时间: 2014-1-26 05:45
不提这个是因为不用担心这个,市面上能卖就说明是安全的。
反对的不是转基因这个技术本身,而是背后的政治问题,因为你不知道别人有没有掺进去,比方说,降低黄种人精子活力的基因,这是很难发现的,一个国家一个种群怎能捏在一个外国公司手里?
但是如果你说澳洲、中国等等国家用回自己国家国产的转基因产品,问题是不大的作者: catparrot 时间: 2014-1-28 07:35
我是听说 澳洲农场的动物吃的都是转基因的作者: qianqian2007 时间: 2014-1-28 07:45
介绍看一本书: Seeds of Deception Exposing industry and government lies about safety of the genetically engineered foods you're eating. by Jeffrey M. Smith作者: joerkky 时间: 2014-1-28 09:15
NATASHA BITA, CONSUMER EDITOR THE AUSTRALIAN AUGUST 20, 2012 12:00AM
DOZENS of crops genetically engineered to survive herbicide spray are being used in Australian food without the knowledge of consumers.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved 43 varieties of genetically modified canola, corn, potato, rice, soybean and sugarbeet for human consumption.
But food items do not have to be labelled as GM if the ingredients are highly processed into oils, starches or sugars.
Meat, milk or eggs produced from animals fed GM crops do not have to be labelled either.
Food Standards has given the green light to a new strain of GM canola and is considering a new application for GM soybeans to be used in Australian food.
The regulator has ruled that GM canola produced by global agribusiness Monsanto is "considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional canola cultivars".
"No public health and safety concerns were identified in this assessment," Food Standards says in its assessment, released for public comment this week.
"For human consumption, seed from canola is mostly processed into oil, which, because of processing, contains negligible amounts of any protein or DNA.
"Oil from (the Monsanto canola) would therefore be unlikely to require labelling (although) seed used in bakery products would require labelling."
The Food Standards assessment states that canola is used for stockfood and as an ingredient in cooking oils, margarine, shortening, mayonnaise, sandwich spreads and coffee whiteners.
Canola is the third-largest source of vegetable oil in the world after soybean and palm oil, and is the most common oilseed crop grown in Australia.
The Food Standards assessment says field trials found the herbicide residue in the Monsanto canola seed to be "low". Its novel GM protein, derived from a soil bacterium, is "unlikely to be toxic or allergenic to humans".
Gene Ethics executive director Bob Phelps yesterday called on federal and state health ministers to introduce mandatory labelling on all GM foods, including oils and sugars, and meat, milk or eggs from animals fed GM crops.
"All new and untried foods and food ingredients should be labelled so that shoppers can make an informed decision whether or not to purchase and eat them," Mr Phelps said.
New genetically modified wheat trial for Victoria
Posted Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:45pm AEST
The Victorian Agriculture Department wants to conduct the state's largest genetically modified wheat trial at Horsham in the state's west.
But a recent GM wheat contamination in the United States, that shut down wheat exports, has the organic food industry worried.
Safe Food Foundation director Scott Kinnear says GM wheat trials shouldn't be held outside.
"erhaps the only way they could do it is to have a completely contained outdoor environment, which can allow wind through but won't let pollen out, with complete lockdown mechanisms in place.
"But even then, human error can occur. It is risky what they are doing."
Victoria's Department of Environment and Primary Industries has been trialling GM wheat since 2007.
It's applying to the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator for a two-hectare trial of GM wheat modified for improved yield and drought tolerance.
Victorian Farmers Federation grains group president Brett Hosking says research is needed to learn more about GM wheat potential.
"What we believe as the grain group is that we need to get out there and do the research work and the trial work and see if this is a fit for the Victorian grain industry or not."
Earlier this year, rogue GM wheat was found in a farmer's paddock in Oregon, in the US.
In response, Japan and Korea cancelled wheat export shipments.
An investigation is underway to work out how the GM wheat, which isn't commercialised anywhere in the world, made it into the paddock.
Mr Kinnear says this most recent example, and others, serve as a warning.
"We remain very concerned about GM wheat trials in the open air.
"We think Australian field trials should be put on hold pending a much closer look at whether the market wants the product and the procedures are developed to ensure the product can't escape."
If the latest application is approved, it will be the 15th GM wheat trial since 2005 in Australia.作者: 风城兄弟 时间: 2014-1-28 09:31
东北很多都是非转基因的, 我知道的亲戚,大豆,大米,小米,黑米,都是自己家种的,豆油都自己磨了作者: coolbzk 时间: 2014-1-28 09:39
自然的才是最好的,转基因提高了产量,抵抗了虫害,必然也有它劣势的一方面,只是还没有表现出来而已~
你有没有看过这本书,对转基因的动物实验又了解多少呢?
Seeds of Deception Exposing industry and government lies about safety of the genetically engineered foods you're eating. by Jeffrey M. Smith作者: Y叔 时间: 2014-1-29 22:26