Comments to Senate Select Committee on Food Processing Sector
03 December 2011These comments submitted in November 2011 cover the regulatory environment for Australia’s food processing and manufacturing companies including:
- food labelling
- the National Food Plan
Bayer application submission
31 October 2011Submission to the GTR on DIR 108, 18/10/11 by Gene Ethics on behalf of the GM-Free Australia Alliance and signatories.
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31 October 2011Letter accompanying submission on Bayer application.
National Food Plan leaflet petitioning Ludwig
31 October 2011Leaflet handed out outside the Victorian Rual Press Club this Month, where Federal Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig was guest speaker. Authors: Gene Ethics, MADGE.
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09 October 20112011 letter expressing concern about GM canola
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09 October 20112011 letter expressing concern about GM canola
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09 October 20112011 letter expressing concern about GM canola
>> download fileNational Food Plan: comments on 2011 Issues Paper
03 September 2011Includes a summary of problems with GM, with reference to contamination and the Steve Marsh test case, consumer rejection and lack of rigorous examination by our food regulator FSANZ.
>> read moreBlewett labelling review response - hierarchy framework issues
01 September 2011In response to the Blewett Label Review report recommendations and their implementation, we propose the following solutions to the questions posed in the Ministerial Council’s discussion paper.
>> download fileDouble food production with agroecological farming - leaflet
18 August 2011Summary of a new UN report that shows agroecological farming can double food production within 10 years, while mitigating climate change and alleviating poverty.
Downloadable double-sided A5 leaflet.
GM crops & foods: promises, profits & politics - leaflet
18 August 2011Concise double-sided updated A5 leaflet debunking common myths.
>> read moreGM canola is a scam
18 August 2011Double-sided A5 summary of the problems with GM canola, with reference to recent contamination incidents in Australia, threats to our competitive advantage and the need for Farmer Protection laws.
>> read moreGM contamination rampant at canola spill site
15 August 2011WA farmer Geoff Reed has seen flocks of parrots feeding on GM canola seed outside his front fence in Williams. The seed, spilled last week, is now germinating on the roadside after rain. Mr Reed has lived on the 400 acre farm all his life. Also today we have confirmation of a new outbreak of GM canola roadside weeds in NSW.
>> read moreReview of the Gene Technology Act 2000
22 July 2011Our submission to the Gene Technology Ministerial Council Review of the Gene Technology Act 2000, on behalf of the GM-free Australia Alliance and 235 other organisations and individual signatories.
>> read more2010-11 annual report/appeal
16 June 2011Read about the successes we have achieved, with your help, this year. Also see what some of our supporters have to say, such as Margaret Fulton.
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>> download fileGT Act Review response
02 June 2011State, Territory and Australian Governments'
Response to the Statutory Review of the Gene Technology Act 2000 and the Gene Technology Agreement 2001.
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01 June 2011Bob Phelps presentation to the Gene Technology Act Review on 15/11/05
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01 June 2011Gene Ethics response to the Gene Technology Act Review issues paper 14/11/05
>> download fileNational Food Plan 2011
12 May 2011Submissions needed on the formation of a National Food Plan.
>> download fileCall for submissions on GM soy
12 May 2011FSANZ asks for public comment on a 2011 GM soy application.
>> download fileReport on animals exposed to GM ingredients in animal feed
19 April 2011Author: Heinemann, J.
Prepared for the Commerce Commission of New Zealand (2009).
>> download fileMaternal and fetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada
19 April 2011Authors: Aris A, Leblanc S
Journal: Reproductive Toxicology
>> download fileComments on FSANZ Application A1042 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant corn line DAS-40278-9
19 April 2011Gene Ethics asks Food Standards Australia New Zealand to reject application A1042 and to also review its approval of all other approved GM varieties, in the light of new and as yet unassessed evidence of potential harm to human and animal health and safety.
>> read moreTruth in Labelling
19 April 2011Senate Community Affairs Committee into the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in labelling genetically modified material) Bill 2010. Submission February 2011.
>> download fileGM crops and foods: promises, profits and politics
15 April 2011Bob Phelps in the Autumn 2011 issue of the Farm Policy Journal.
>> read morePatent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010
12 April 2011Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, February 2011
The Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 is a much needed piece of legislation. It will effectively and with precision amend the patent law to serve the public rather than private interests by excluding discoveries from being patentable subject matter. We fully support the Bill and ask the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to recommend accordingly.
>> download fileCBH Grain Weekly Comment 3 March 2011
08 March 2011Announces GM-free Australian canola is fetching premiums of $50 a tonne.
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