Action Alert: Submissions Required for GE Food Labelling bill

The Australian Truth in Food Labelling Bill 2003 is open to submission until February 6^th.

This Bill has been introduced to the Australian Senate by Green Senator Bob Brown, and it has been selected for a Senate Inquiry.

It is virtually identical to Sue Kedgley's private members Bill, the Consumer’s Right to Know (Food Information) Bill.

If the Truth in Food Labelling Bill passes through the Senate, then the Australian-dominated FSANZ will be obliged to amend its labelling code to provide mandatory labelling of all GE ingredients in food - and that would be binding on New Zealand!

So it is very important that as many New Zealanders as possible make submissions to the Truth in Food Labelling bill, even though it is before the Australian government. 

Let’s make the most of our loss of food sovereignty to Australia through Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), on the one occasion when it may be able to really benefit us.

The Bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.aph.gov.au/ParlInfo/BillsNet/main.htm

Submissions must be lodged with the Committee by Friday, 6 February 2004, preferably electronically as an attached document - email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au ; or faxed to 0061 02 6277 5829.

Info provided by: Iona Pannett/Jeltsje Keizer Executive Assistants  to Sue Kedgley MP

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