Submissions received by the Committee

Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling-Genetically Modified Material) Bill 2010

Submissions received by the Committee

Sub No.

1Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (Tasmania) (PDF 125KB) 
2Ms Joanne van Ravenswaaij (PDF 3KB) 
3Mr Jonathan Cassell (PDF 20KB) 
4Agrifood Awareness Australia (PDF 402KB) 
5The National Farmers' Federation (PDF 118KB) 
6Bayer CropScience (PDF 136KB) 
7Australian Centre for Plant Function Genomics Pty Ltd (PDF 314KB) 
8CropLife Australia (PDF 260KB) 
9Australian Food and Grocery Council (PDF 324KB) 
10Infant Nutrition Council Ltd (PDF 301KB) 
11Mr Paul McDonald, National Baking Industry Association (PDF 84KB) 
12MADGE Australia Inc (PDF 89KB) 
13Greenpeace Australia / Pacific (PDF 536KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 465KB) 
14Gene Ethics (PDF 191KB) 
15Institute of Health and Environmental Research (PDF 157KB) 


Additional Information Received

1Additional information received from Mr Stockley Ward on 6 February 2011(PDF 12KB) 
2Additional information received from Dr Judy Carman on 15 February 2011: "Submission on GM foods to the Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy, May 2010".(PDF 322KB) 
3Additional information received from Dr Judy Carman on 15 February 2011: "Report on animals exposed to GM ingredients in animal feed, by Professor Jack A. Heinemann, 24 July 2009".(PDF 2560KB) 
4Additional information received from Dr Judy Carman on 15 February 2011: "How GM food is regulated in Australia and New Zealand: A story of standards, oil and sausages"..(PDF 162KB) 
5Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Crop scientists says biotechnology seed companies are thwarting research', New York Times, February 19 2009.(PDF 225KB) 
6Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘A seedy practice', Scientific American, August 2009(PDF 135KB) 
7Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Under wraps', Nature Biotechnology, October 2009(PDF 352KB) 
8Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘GM crops and foods: promises, profits and politics', Farm Policy Journal, 2011(PDF 975KB) 
9Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Report on animals exposed to GM ingredients in animal feed', Professor Jack Heinemann, 24 July 2009(PDF 3237KB) 
10Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Identification of a brazil-nut allergen in transgenic soybeans', New England Journal of Medicine, 18 April 2011(PDF 540KB) 
11Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Transgenic expression of bean α-Amylase inhibitor in peas results in altered structure and immunogenicity', Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 15 October 2005(PDF 639KB) 
12Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Health risks of genetically modified foods', Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 3 February 2009(PDF 935KB) 
13Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Toxicity studies of genetically modified plants: a review of published literature', Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 8 November 2007(PDF 1094KB) 
14Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Maternal and foetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada', Reproductive Toxicology, 2011(PDF 662KB) 
15Document Tabled at a hearing (19 April 2011) by Mr Bob Phelps - ‘Labelling genetically modified food', User Guide to Standard A18/1.5.2 – Food produced using gene technology, 1999(PDF 1061KB) 
16Additional information received from Mr Bob Phelps on 14 May 2011: "Monitoring genetically modified soybean along the industrial soybean oil extraction and refining processes by polymerase chain reaction techniques", January 2010.(PDF 80KB) 
17Additional information received from Mr Bob Phelps on 14 May 2011: Gene Ethics' Submission to Blewett Review – No 1.(PDF 191KB) 
18Additional information received from Mr Bob Phelps on 14 May 2011: Gene Ethics' Submission to Blewett Review – No 2.(PDF 314KB) 

Answers to Questions on Notice

1Answers to Questions on Notice from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) following public hearing on 18 April 2011, received 5 May 2011.(PDF 25KB) 
2Answers to Questions on Notice from Dr Judy Carman, Institute of Health and Environmental Research Inc, following public hearing on 18 April 2011, received 12 May 2011.(PDF 174KB) 
9Answers to Questions on Notice from Mr Dan Quinn, CropLife Australia, following public hearing on 18 April 2011, received 12 May 2011.(PDF 74KB) 
19Answers to Questions on Notice from Dr Judy Carman, Institute of Health and Environmental Research Inc, following public hearing on 18 April 2011, received 24 May 2011.(PDF 127KB) 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:+61 2 6277 3515
Fax:+61 2 6277 5829
Email:community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au