Appendix 1


Appendix 1

Submissions and Additional Information received by the Committee

Submissions  

1

Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (Tasmania)

2

Ms Joanne van Ravenswaaij

3

Mr Jonathan Cassell

4

Agrifood Awareness Australia

5

The National Farmers' Federation

6

Bayer CropScience

7

Australian Centre for Plant Function Genomics Pty Ltd

8

CropLife Australia

9

Australian Food and Grocery Council

10

Infant Nutrition Council Ltd

11

Mr Paul McDonald, National Baking Industry Association

12

MADGE Australia Inc

13

Greenpeace Australia / Pacific

14

Gene Ethics

15

Institute of Health and Environmental Research

 

Tabled Documents

Documents Tabled (19.04.11) by Mr Bob Phelps, Gene Ethics:

  • ‘Crop scientists says biotechnology seed companies are thwarting research’, New York Times, February 19 2009.
  • ‘A seedy practice’, Scientific American, August 2009. 
  • ‘Under wraps’, Nature Biotechnology, October 2009.
  • ‘GM crops and foods: promises, profits and politics’, Farm Policy Journal, 2011.
  • ‘Report on animals exposed to GM ingredients in animal feed’, Professor Jack Heinemann, 24 July 2009.
  • ‘Identification of a brazil-nut allergen in transgenic soybeans’, New England Journal of Medicine, 18 April 2011.
  • ‘Transgenic expression of bean α-Amylase inhibitor in peas results in altered structure and immunogenicity’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 15 October 2005.
  • ‘Health risks of genetically modified foods’, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 3 February 2009.
  • ‘Toxicity studies of genetically modified plants: a review of published literature’, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 8 November 2007.
  • ‘Maternal and foetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada’, Reproductive Toxicology, 2011.
  • ‘Labelling genetically modified food’, User Guide to Standard A18/1.5.2 – Food produced using gene technology, 1999.

Additional Information

Mr Stockley Ward, received 6 February 2011.

Dr Judy Carman, Institute of Health and Environmental Research:

  • "Submission on GM foods to the Review of Food Labelling Law & Policy, May 2010" - received 15 February 2011.
  • "Report on animals exposed to GM ingredients in animal feed, by Professor Jack A. Heinemann, 24 July 2009" - received 15 February 2011.
  • "How GM food is regulated in Australia and New Zealand: A story of standards, oil and sausages" - received 15 February 2011.

Mr Bob Phelps, Gene Ethics:

  • "Monitoring genetically modified soybean along the industrial soybean oil extraction and refining processes by polymerase chain reaction techniques", January 2010 - received 14 May 2011.
  • Gene Ethics' Submission to Blewett Review – No.1 - received 14 May 2011.
  • Gene Ethics' Submission to Blewett Review – No.2 - received 14 May 2011.

Answers to Questions on Notice

Dr Judy Carman, Institute of Health and Environmental Research

  • From public hearing 18 April 2011, received 12 May 2011.
  • From public hearing 18 April 2011, received 24 May 2011.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)

  • From public hearing 18 April 2011, received 5 May 2011.

Mr Dan Quinn, CropLife Australia

  • From following public hearing 18 April 2011, received 12 May 2011

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