Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 9, 16 November 2010, p. 304.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 16, 26 November 2010, p. 472.

Chapter 2 - Existing framework and issues

[1]        Ms Catherine Gay, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 3.

[2]        FSANZ, Australian and New Zealand GM food labelling standard one of the most comprehensive in the world, 28 May 2004, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/scienceandeducation/scienceinfsanz/updates/updates2004/anzgmfoodlabellingst2461.cfm

[3]        Section 16C, subsection (1).

[4]        Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 2.

[5]        Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 2.

[6]        CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 3.

[7]        Dr Judy Carman, Director, IHER, Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 6.

[8]        Gene Ethics, Submission 14, p. 6.

[9]        Explanatory memorandum, Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Genetically Modified Material) Bill 2010, p. 1.

[10]      MADGE, Submission 12, p. 2.

[11]      MADGE, Submission 12, p. 3.

[12]      CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 9.

[13]      Bayer CropScience, Submission 6, p. 3.

[14]      For example submissions 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

[15]      Standard 1.5.2, Food produced using gene technology, Food Standards Code.

[16]      Bayer CropScience, Submission 6, p. 4.

[17]      IHER, Submission on GM foods to the Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy, May 2010, pp 14–16.

[18]      IHER, Submission 15, p. 3.

[19]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 2.

[20]      CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 9.

[21]      For example, Bayer CropScience, Submission 6, p. 4.

[22]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 7.

[23]      Mr Claire Parfitt, GM Wheat Campaigner, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 13.

[24]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 4.

[25]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 6.

[26]      Mr Kay Khoo, Member, CropLife Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 23.

[27]      BayerCropScience, Submission 6, p. 3; CropLife Australia, Submission 8, pp 5–6.

[28]      Dr Judy Carman, Director, IHER, Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 3.

[29]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 8.

[30]      CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 8.

[31]      Section 16D, subsection (3).

[32]      CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 9.

[33]      Infant Nutrition Council, Submission 10, p. 4.

[34]      CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 6.

[35]      Ms Catherine Gay, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 3.

[36]      Greenpeace, Submission 13, pp 7–10.

[37]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 9.

[38]      Submitters also mentioned the Freedom of Information Act 1982, Trade Practices Legislation and all regulatory Acts such as the Gene Technology Act 2000 and the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

[39]      CropLife Australia, Submission 8, p. 1; Bayer CropScience, Submission 6, p. 2.

[40]      The Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 9, p. 3.

[41]      The Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 9, p. 3.