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FSANZ calls for submissions on GM rice application

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on an application to permit a genetically modified rice that aims to address vitamin A deficiencies in developing countries. FSANZ...

Bayer increases its acquisition bid for Monsanto

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Less than four months after Monsanto’s board unanimously voted to reject the USD $62 billion acquisition bid by Bayer, the parties are again negotiating. Bayer earlier described its offer as a “mutually...

Customers ditch Lilydale after discovering chickens are fed GM feed

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A group of consumers is pledging never to buy Lilydale free-range chickens again after finding out the chickens are fed genetically modified (GM) feed.   The issue arose by complaints on social media...

Genetically modified fruit fly to be trialled in WA to protect fruit crop

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Western Australian (WA) researchers are trialling technology which offers an innovative way to control the destructive Mediterranean fruit fly.   Horticulture Innovation Australia along with the Department...

Organic farmer loses WA Court appeal against GMO crop neighbour

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In a blow to organic farming, the Western Australian Court of Appeal has held that a farmer of genetically modified (GM) crops was not liable for the losses caused to his organic farming neighbour. On...

WA organic farmer Steve Marsh launches appeal on GM damages decision

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WA organic farmer Steve Marsh launches appeal on GM damages decision The Court of Appeal in WA today heard submissions by Western Australian organic farmer Steve Marsh who has launched an appeal against...

Australian Government invites comment on proposal to release commercial GM E. coli chicken vaccine

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Australian Government invites comment on proposal to release commercial GM E. coli chicken vaccine The Australian Government’s Gene Technology Regulator is currently assessing a license application from...

Farmer Steve Marsh to appeal GM canola contamination case

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Steve Marsh will appeal the WA Supreme Court decision about GM canola contamination Western Australian farmer Steve Marsh has decided to appeal a decision made against him in the Western Australian Supreme...

‘Free-from’ foods move into the mainstream globally

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Big brands are launching "free-from" ranges globally The ‘free-from’ foods market is booming in many parts of the world, widening into new categories and increasingly moving into the mainstream...

Plant science group welcomes call for GM crop inquiry in Australia

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Plant science group CropLife has welcomed calls from Independent Senator Nick Xenophon for an inquiry into the post-commercialisation impacts of existing regulation Genetically Modified (GM) crops. Senator...