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Submissions invited on GM cotton application
12 July 2010 FSANZ invites submissions on Application A1040 Food derived from insect-protected and herbicide-tolerant cotton line GHB119. Details of the Assessment Report for Application 1040 can be found on www.foodstandards.gov.au.
Submissions should reach FSANZ by Monday 16 August 2010.
Note that the products of this cotton - cottonseed oil, linters and animal feed - will be unlabelled.
Don’t be put of by FSANZ’s approach: “we have already concluded that food derived from cotton GHB119 is as safe for human consumption as that derived from conventional cotton varieties, and intend to approve it”.
Make sure to email a copy of your submission to Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon: Nicola.Roxon.MP@aph.gov.au.
Let’s keep our food regulator accountable!