ACTION ALERT:

Stop Monsanto's wheat contaminating our food

Monsanto have made an application to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to have their genetically modified wheat, MON 71800, approved for the Australian and New Zealand food supplies.

The wheat has been engineered to be resistant to the herbicide  glyphosate, by the addition of the bacterial gene cp4 epsps. It will therefore contain residues of glyphosate as well as GE material.

The wheat has been developed by Monsanto Australia. Currently none is grown in New Zealand or Australia, but it is obvious from this attempt to include it in our food supply that they also want it grown in Australia and probably New Zealand too. If this happens it will be impossible to keep genetic contaminants out of our food supply.

FSANZ's assessment of the application, A524, can be found at www.foodstandards.govt.au

The application is open to submissions from the public until March 31st.

To forward your Submission and add to the opposition click here

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