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Developers Skirt Around Detectability of Cisgenic GMOs.
Lack of transparency by the GM food industry has been a driver of market resistance to its products. Research in New Zealand and …
New Zealand GM Pasture Grass R+D
Three Programmes and a New Technology
Tens of millions of public science dollars have been directed to the development of GM pasture species in New Zealand over the last two …
Betting the farm
If New Zealand chose not to approve the use of GM grasses developed by Pastoral Genomics, no economic penalty is expected as a non-GM technique could provide the same …
No Economic Penalty if GM Grass Bypassed
If New Zealand chose not to approve the use of GM grasses developed by Pastoral Genomics, no economic penalty is expected as a non-GM technique could provide the same …
ESR Questions Safety of a GM Food – NZFSA Shops for “Updated” Advice
New Zealand’s food safety regulator ‘shopped’ for alternative advice when a report it had commissioned from ESR questioned the safety of a GM food.
The original report by Dr Lou …
Credibility of Food Safety Regulation takes a Significant Hit
The credibility of New Zealand’s food safety regulation has taken a significant hit today with the approval of GM lysine corn as a human food.
There were not just one …
NZ Has Strong Grounds for Rejecting GM Lysine Corn Decision
New Zealand has strong grounds for rejecting the application to make GM lysine corn a legal food. Significant health risks remain untested and the credibility of New Zealand’s food …
The Regulatory Response to GM Lysine Corn
New Zealand has strong grounds for rejecting the application to make GM lysine corn a legal food. Significant health risks remain untested and the credibility of New Zealand’s food …
Time out on GM Lysine Corn Decision a Good Step
The Sustainability Council welcomes Food Safety Minister Annette King’s announcement today that she is seeking further advice on the appropriateness of approving GM high lysine corn as a food.
This …
