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Genetic Engineering
Currently the only genetically engineered (GE) food crops commercially produced in Australia are cotton and canola. Both these can be labelled under 'vegetable oil' without any indication that they are GE. Processed food commonly contains GE ingredients, mainly through imported corn, soy and cottonseed oil.
GE crops pose a very real threat to our food because, as living organisms, they can reproduce and spread and so once released they cannot be recalled. Their effects are irreversible.
Concerns over genetically engineered food include unknown health risks, threats to biodiversity, contamination of conventional and organic crops, increase in pesticide and herbicide use, and control over our food by multinational chemical companies who legally own the patents on the technology. [More]
GE crops pose a very real threat to our food because, as living organisms, they can reproduce and spread and so once released they cannot be recalled. Their effects are irreversible.
Concerns over genetically engineered food include unknown health risks, threats to biodiversity, contamination of conventional and organic crops, increase in pesticide and herbicide use, and control over our food by multinational chemical companies who legally own the patents on the technology. [More]
- Look for foods labelled 'GM free', 'GE-free', 'Not genetically modified', certified 'Organic' & 'Bio-dynamic'.
- Check the 'Greenpeace True Food Guide' for all brands guaranteed GE-free by their manufacturer (assurance they are not using GE ingredients anywhere in the food chain, including animal feed). See www.truefood.org.au [GM-Free Australia Alliance]
- Have your say and oppose GE food crops in Australia. [MADGE]
- Look for items labelled 'Product of Australia' (except food containing canola or cottonseed oil).
BRAND | COMPANY | OWNED | RATING |
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Earth Source certified organic | Earth Source Foods | 2 | |
Hakea certified organic | Australian Eatwell | 3 | |
Simply Better certified organic | Australian Eatwell | 3 | |
Blue Lotus some products certified organic | Blue Lotus Foods | 3 | |
Kingland some products certified organic | King International | 3 | |
Pureland certified organic | King International | 3 | |
Nutrisoy some products certified organic | Nutrisoy | 3 | |
Soyco | Nutrisoy | 3 | |
TLY Joyce | TLY Australia | 3 | |
Evergreen some products certified organic | Unigreen Food | 3 | |
Tofutti | Tofutti Brands | USA | 3 |
Just Organic certified organic | Aldi Australia (Aldi South) | GER | 4 |
So Good | Sanitarium (Adventist Church SP) | 5 |