FSANZ Archive

  • Sue Kedgley

    43 Genetically modified foods in our food supply - by Sue Kedgley



    I have just come across the latest Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) report. The report casually mentions that six new Genetically Engineered foods were approved last year. read more
    November 26, 2010 3:59 pm - 8 Comments
  • Sue Kedgley

    Aussies decide on how our food should be labelled - by Sue Kedgley



    At the end of last week Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) held two meetings in New Zealand to consult with New Zealanders about how we would like our labelling laws changed. But it was something of a shock to turn up to the meeting and find that a panel of five Australians was conducting [...] read more
    March 29, 2010 4:44 pm - 12 Comments
  • frog

    Trustworthy food - by frog



    You can normally tell a substance has become less food and more controversy when it acquires a name such as MON863.  That’s the moniker of one of Monsanto’s genetically modified varieties of maize. It struck controversy last year when an independent French study showed that, despite it being approved for human consumption in 2006, it [...] read more
    October 10, 2008 11:34 am - No Comments
  • frog

    This summer Monsanto is back - by frog



    This summer, once you are bored with the beach, the picnics and the bike rides (and maybe the occasional game of monopoly while you wait for the rain to clear), you might be looking for something else to do, something retro – maybe a little bit 2001/02.  Because one of the international superstars of the [...] read more
    December 13, 2007 2:46 pm - 37 Comments