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Amendment 196

Amendment 196 Amendment No. 196 (FSC 137) Download Amendment No. 196 (PDF 594 kb) | (Word 86 kb) Amendment No. 196 contains amendments to the following Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code: Schedule 18 Schedule 26 The Applications under which these amendments are made are as follows:

Amendment 59

Amendment 59 [ PDF 34kb ] Amendment 59 contains amendments to the following Standards in the Food Standards Code: Volume 1

Standard A18 - Food produced using Gene Technology
Volume 2
Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients Standard 1.3.1 - Food Additives Standard 1.5.2 - Food produced using Gene Technology

Published December 2023

Amendment 60

Amendment 60 [ PDF 366kb ] Amendment 60 contains amendments to the following Standards in the Food Standards Code: Volume 1

Standard A1 - Labelling and Advertising Standard A11 - Specifications for Identity and Purity of Food Additives, Processing Aids, Vitamins. Minerals and Other Added Nutrients Standard A14- Maximum Residue Limits Standard A16 - Processing Aids Standard A18 - Food produced using Gene Technology Standard A19 - Novel Foods Standard G2 - Margarine Standard G5 - Table Spreads
Volume 2
Table of Contents Standard 1.1.1 - Preliminary Provisions - Application, Interpretation and General prohibitions Standard 1.1.3 - Transitional and Temporary Standards Standard 1.2.3 -…

Published December 2023

Amendment 61

Amendment 61 [ PDF 112 kb] Amendment 61 contains amendments to the following Standards in the Food Standards Code: Volume 1

Deletion of Volume 1
Volume 2
Transitional Standard for the Operation of Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the Food Standards Code Standard 1.1.1 - Preliminary Provisions - Application, Interpretation and General prohibitions Standard 1.1A - Transitional Standards (new Standards) Standard 1.1A.1 - Transitional Standard for Infant Formula Standard 1.1A.2 - Transitional Standard for Health Claims Standard 1.1A.3 - Transitional Standard for Country of Origin Labelling Requirements Standard 1.1A.4 - Transitional Standard for the Labelling of Pollen and Royal Jelly Standard 1.1A.5 - transitional…

Published December 2023

Amendment 62

Amendment 62 [ PDF 75 kb ] Amendment 62 contains amendments to the following Standards in the Food Standards Code: Volume 1

A18 - Food produced using Gene Technology
Volume 2
1.1.1 - Preliminary Provisions - Application, Interpretation and General prohibitions 1.1.3 - Transitional and Temporary Standards 1.2.1 - Application of Labelling and Other Information Requirements 1.2.3 - Mandatory Warning and Advisory Statements and Declarations 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients 1.2.8 - Nutrition Information Requirements 1.2.10 - Characterising Ingredients and Components of Food 1.3.1 - Food Additives 1.4.1 - Contaminants and Natural Toxicants 1.4.2 - Maximum Residue Limits (…

Published December 2023

Amendment 63

Amendment 63 24 October 2002 [PDF 20 kb] Amendment 63 contains amendments to the following Standards in the Food Standards Code : Volume 1

A18 - Food produced using Gene Technology
Volume 2
Table of Contents 1.5.2 - Food produced using Gene Technology 2.7.4 - Wine and Wine Product Primary Production Standards (Australia only) 4.1.1 - Wine Production Requirements
The Application and Proposal under which these amendments are made are as follows:
  • A436 - Oil and Linters derived from Insect-Protected Cotton containing Event 15985
  • P253 - Wine Production Requirements (Australia only)
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    Published December 2023

General information about GM foods

General information about GM foods People have been manipulating the genetic make-up of plants and animals for countless generations. This is referred to as traditional cross breeding and involves selecting plants and animals with the most desirable characteristics (e.g. disease resistance, high yield, good meat quality) for breeding the next generation. Today's techniques use new ways of identifying particular characteristics and transferring them between living organisms. For example, it is now possible to make a copy of a particular gene from the cells of a plant, animal or microbe, and insert the copy into the cells of another organism to give a desired characteristic. Foods derived from genetically modified organisms are called 'GM foods'. All of the GM foods approved so far are from GM…

Published December 2023

Genetically modified (GM) food labelling

Genetically modified (GM) food labelling GM food labelling helps consumers make an informed choice about the food they buy. It allows them to identify a GM food or a product that has GM ingredients.  GM food labelling is not about safety. All GM foods and ingredients must undergo a safety assessment and be approved before they can be sold in Australia and New Zealand.  How GM foods are labelled was decided by the ministers responsible for food regulation in 2001. Ministers reconfirmed these labelling provisions following an…

Published December 2023

Genetically modified foods

Genetically modified foods   All genetically modified (GM) foods intended for sale in Australia and New Zealand must undergo a safety assessment by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). FSANZ will not approve a GM food unless it is safe to eat. Read more about GM foods. In this section

Detailed comment on Carman et al (2013): study design and conduct

Detailed comment on Carman et al (2013): study design and conduct

  • Given the authors claim that effects of the GM diet include gastroenteric effects and effects on the female reproductive system, it is surprising that the mycotoxin assays did not include trichothecenes, which could cause gastroenteric inflammation, and zearalenone, which has oestrogenic effects. Trichothecenes and zearalenone are common contaminants in grain-based animal feeds in the Midwest of the United States.
  • There is a lack of information on the composition of the control (non-GM) and GM diets. This does not allow the impact of other dietary factors, unrelated to the GM trait, to be excluded.
  • Only a single GM diet was used which precludes the possibility of determining if a dose-response…

    Published December 2023