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GM crops sneak into 43 varieties of food we eat
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. |
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